1 forum postDOHA (Al Jazeera) – Lebanon’s foreign minister has resigned. Nassif Hitti says he could not continue because of the government’s poor performance. Lebanon is close to bankruptcy.
Critics say politicians, accused of running the economy into the ground, have shown no willingness to fight corruption to receive a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
Patrick Mardini, the president of the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies, discusses this latest development:
Onur Aksaray (3 August 2020, 19:45)
It’ s the banksters and the politicians who took the savings..they don’t allow you to release it..they refuse it..moreover ..they devalued your money with a new currency.. divided by 6... You had $100,000 . it’s only worth $15,000 !