Source: major
The new year, with the entry of the third week of its first month, K2, its days quickly, recording for its history successive collapses on several levels of the dollar, which imposed a meeting today of the Central Council of the Banque du Liban, in an attempt to curb it, or at least prevent it from jumping over fifty. Alpha, which, if it happened, would have caused the most serious confusion in the history of financial collapses, whether in terms of the exchange rate or the disappearance of the purchasing power of the Lebanese pound, which lost more than 30 times in the backwards period, in a record period of time.
And on the horizon of the first day, 16 January, there are highlights of a stage of confrontations or truces, starting from the judiciary today, where it is expected that the image of the scene will be renewed in front of the place where the activist William Noun will be interrogated before the investigation in the charges against him, after his release last Saturday with a bond. residence, and pledged not to attack the Palace of Justice or attack the judges.
In the scene, it is also possible to distinguish the white thread from the black thread, as the investigations that German, French and Luxembourg judges are conducting begin in the Palace of Justice regarding money laundering or smuggling abroad, or the like in terms of financial and monetary corruption.
As for the procedural aspect, and what is related to it, it is related to the invitation of the caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, to the cabinet to hold a session or to arrange the matter with a second means to secure the electricity advance.
Political sources noted that the call for a cabinet session this week has not yet been confirmed by any ministerial source, despite Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s announcement that he will call the council to convene, to specifically approve the issue of the electricity loan, and other necessary files.
While some justified the delay in calling the Council, not to send the Ministry of Energy the required books regarding the financial advance, and what is related to the request for an additional advance for maintenance, to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, as announced by former Minister Nicolas Nahas, however, the sources of the Ministry of Energy indicated that it had sent the aforementioned books In the past hours, according to the rules, to the General Secretariat of the Council.
From the point of view of the sources, the confusion that occurs if the call for a cabinet session is delayed, after securing a quorum for the pre-ministerial political session, raises questions about whether there are other reasons, beyond the domestic electricity file, to the Iranian electricity offers put forward by Iranian Foreign Minister Abdul Amir Allahian during His recent visit to Lebanon, which did not receive any response or reactions from the Lebanese officials, which means that it was not serious, or the required lack of interest in it.
Accordingly, the days of the week are busy from today until tomorrow, Tuesday, when the joint committees hold a session, which may be the last, to approve Capital Control and refer it to the General Assembly.
And extending to Thursday, when the 11th session will be held to elect a new president of the republic, in extremely sensitive circumstances, nationally, sectarianly, and even judicially.
