Miqati Reportedly Asks Oueidat Not to Sue Salameh
Prime Minister Najib Miqati has called State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat and asked him not to file a lawsuit against Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, after reports said that Oueidat intends to sue him on Tuesday or Wednesday, media reports said.
“Miqati has carried out a series of domestic and international contacts to rein in the Aounist onslaught against the central bank governor, warning of its dangerous repercussions on the government in particular and the country in general,” informed sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper in remarks published Monday.
“Ousting Salameh without a prior agreement on a successor who would be accepted domestically and internationally would hike the dollar exchange rate (on the black market) to very high levels and would torpedo all negotiation plans with the IMF. It might also delay the parliamentary elections due to the chaos of economic and social situations on the ground,” the sources quoted Miqati as saying.
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