Berri, Bassil refuse any extension of Salameh's term
A technical extension of Central Bank chief Riad Salameh’s term, his reappointment to the post or tasking him with acting in caretaker capacity “are all impossible ideas that no one can tolerate,” Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly said.
As for Salameh’s four vice governors, Berri said that the best move would be their “resignation and their acting in caretaker capacity until the appointment of a new governor and new vice governors at a later stage,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday.
A source close to Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil meanwhile told al-Jadeed TV that Salameh “will not be tasked with anything after July 31.”
“He will not act in caretaker capacity, his term won’t be renewed or extended and not even a consultancy contract will be signed with him. This is what caretaker PM Najib Mikati has pledged to the political parties,” the source added.
“The FPM believes that the most appropriate solution is the appointment of a judicial guard on whom the political forces would agree and names such as Naim Abou Jaoude, Karim Saade and Samir Assaf have been proposed, but the rest of the political parties have rejected the proposal,” the sources said.
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