Lebanon: Foreign Minister, elections will be held in May

(ANSA) – ROME, DECEMBER 04 – “There will be elections, this government could not exist without it. Probably in May, with the same law in force now”. This was stated by the Lebanese Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, in his speech at the Med Dialogues conference promoted by the Farnesina and Ispi which closes today in Rome.

The other important issue “concerns the International Monetary Fund: we are not yet at the stage of negotiations because there is still a lot of information to be acquired. For example, monetary policy: in our country there are three exchange rates; the second issue is the banks businesses that need to be restructured. Finally, the third question concerns the banking sector that needs to be reorganized as the institutions tax even if there is no money in the account, so no one invests as the Lebanese spend the money they earn “, added the minister. .

On yesterday’s resignation of Information Minister George Qurdahi (after his “inappropriate” declarations on the war in Yemen), Habib argues that “Lebanon is a free country, people can take positions without being penalized. Since ours it is a coalition government, there are different opinions: as a group we have to support the decisions of the government, but as individuals we have different ideas.

Like the newspapers in our country which have held different positions on Yemen. But from a minister it is not acceptable. He made those comments before his post and they have been pulled out now, becoming a problem. “(ANSA).

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