Judge Faisal Makki, Head of the Execution Department in Beirut, issued a decision to throw a precautionary seizure on the properties of the Governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salameh.
According to Arabiya Net, the president of the Human Rights Organization and Professor of International Law, Dr. Paul Morcos, expected the decision to be reversed in the event that the Governor of the Bank of Lebanon submitted a bank guarantee.
He explained that the execution judge issued his decision according to a lawsuit for seizing a few real estate and furniture in one of the apartments owned by the Governor of the Bank of Lebanon, and this decision is subject to review and is subject to lifting the reservation once a guarantee is submitted Banking.
And Morcos considered that the Governor of the Banque du Liban is not a guarantor guarantor of the results of financial policies, because he does not take them alone, except in the event of violations and criminal crimes, and in this case he is responsible with his personal funds. .
He pointed to three unfamiliar decisions in Lebanon, the first of which was the travel ban issued by the urgent court in Tire, against the president and members of the board of directors of two major banks, then it was retracted These two decisions.
The second, uncommon decision of the financial prosecutor’s decision in Lebanon to place a ban on the disposal of assets and assets of 20 banks, and the decision was frozen with the intervention of the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation. < / p>
The third uncommon decision to seize the money of the Governor of the Banque du Liban came, and according to Morcos is expected to issue a lifting of the seizure based on a bank guarantee submitted by the legal representative of the bank’s ruler, but The symbolic significance of the seizure decision, and its financial and monetary effects, remain in light of a deepening crisis in the country.
Local media reported that the decision included seizing the assets of his home located in the Rabieh area, with the two detainees retaining the inclusion of the reservation later on his private cars after obtaining certificates of registration from a management body Vehicles and vehicles and their financial allocations in the Bank of Lebanon.
The decision comes based on a request for pre-trial detention submitted by the legal department of the People's Group who wants to reform the system, represented by lawyers Hassan Bazzi, Haitham Ezzo, Jad Tohmeh, Joseph Wanis, Pierre Gemayel, Francoise Kamel, Basil Abbas.
The judge’s decision is expected to negatively affect the exchange rate of the Lebanese pound against the dollar.
The exchange rate of the dollar against the Lebanese pound on Monday in some areas reached between 8070 and 8,200 pounds per dollar, according to local Lebanese media.
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