Omar Habanjar – Kuwaiti “alanba”
Lebanese banks reopen their doors today, after a closure for two consecutive days, as a positive gesture towards the Council of Ministers, which will also meet today in order to address the crisis arising from the prosecutions of the chairmen of the boards of directors of these banks, including the Central Bank of Lebanon, and everyone who has succeeded in managing its financial institutions since 1993. It is assumed that the Minister of Justice, Henry Khoury, completed with the relevant judicial references the completion of written proposals to be presented to the Council of Ministers, in the presence or absence of the judges. Provided that the Council of Ministers form a crisis cell of financial experts and judges, in order to correct the judicial track, an output approved by the three presidents, Michel Aoun, Nabih Berri and Najib Mikati.
Bank owners waved an open general strike, which was excluded by the follow-up sources, because it moves this sector, along with Lebanon, from the collapse it is now experiencing to complete destruction. Yesterday, a positive gesture was issued, represented by the decision of the Civil Court of Appeal in Beirut to break the seals on Fransabank.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati seeks to correct the Lebanese path with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which he referred to in a statement of commitment to restore relations with the Gulf countries to their previous era, with an emphasis on stopping all political, security and media activities that affect these countries and abiding by all the terms of the Kuwaiti initiative. This is in anticipation of the session of the Cooperation Council, in which it is expected to respond positively to Lebanon’s response to the Kuwaiti initiative, in light of anticipated regional and international breakthroughs.
As for the atmosphere surrounding the second visit of Lebanese President Michel Aoun to the Vatican, coinciding with the visit of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai to Egypt, there are those who suggest confusion in the relations between Bkerke and Baabda. The former minister, Sejaan al-Qazi, advisor to the Patriarch al-Rahi, noted that some media outlets specialize in insulting the patriarch, for criticizing the government and its allies in control of the legitimate authority, calling for the disarmament of all illegal weapons, and for taking initiatives at home and abroad.
Al-Kazzi confirmed to MTV that the Vatican did not express any reservations about the patriarch’s movements, but despite Al-Kazi’s explanations, other parties insist on confirming the differences even between the Vatican and Bkerke, due to the “minority alliance” that the presidential team in Lebanon is riding with. Here, Al-Azzi says: The Vatican coordinates its Lebanese positions with French diplomacy, more than it coordinates with American diplomacy. This is why he notes a French Vatican openness to Iran, and thus to Hezbollah. And he added: “We are not against this openness, but we are afraid of its impact on the Vatican’s constants towards Lebanon.” He concluded by saying: Bkerke is as steadfast as it was and will remain, and the relations between it and the Vatican are good. , and no one else. Follow-up sources indicated that the goal of Aoun’s visit to the Vatican was to convince Pope Francis that the continuation of his reign, personally or through brother-in-law Gibran Bassil, is in the interest of Christians in Lebanon and the region.