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Judge Aoun Says Salameh's Lawsuits Going Round in Circles
[An Nahar] Mount  ...The land area formerly occupied by the state of Lebanon, before that Phoenicia...'s prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun said Thursday in a statement that Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh ...Governor of Lebanon'scentral bank, Banque du Liban since April 1993. Salameh was appointed Governor by decree, approved by the Council of Ministers for a renewable term of six years. He was reappointed for four consecutive terms; in 1999, 2005, 2011 and 2017. Salameh chairs the Banque du Liban Central Council, the Higher Banking Commission, the AML/CFT Special Investigation Commission and the Capital Markets Authority. Salameh is a member of the board of governors at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF). Salameh is the longest-serving central bank governor in the world.... is not only prosecuted abroad, but also in Lebanon.According to Aoun, there are two lawsuits against Salameh. The governor’s first offense is "interfering in currency speculation along with a bank," Aoun said. The second is allowing the transfer abroad of $5 billion in cash. The judge said that the source of 4 out of the 5 billion is unknown. "Without Salameh’s intervention, these crimes would not have happened," Aoun claimed. She added that "if the Court of Cassation decides to grant him an edict, that would be another issue." Aoun pointed out that "there are evidences and numbers from Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... that can’t be disregarded" in a lawsuit pending before the Public Prosecution. She questioned why this lawsuit is going round in circles, "although allegation is based on suspicion." "Is there no suspicion despite all these facts?" the judge asked. "Let someone read the Swiss request for judicial assistance!" Posted by: Fred 2021-12-31 |
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