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Aoun: Lebanon in need of national dialogue to mitigate economic crisis

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 27 Dec 2021 23:07
2 Min Read

On Monday, the Lebanese president Michel Aoun addresses Lebanon, stressing the need for a national dialogue.

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Lebanon is in urgent need of a national dialogue to find a way out of its economic crisis and tackle defense issues, according to Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday. 

"From my constitutional position, I am calling for an urgent national dialogue to reach understanding on three items: administrative and financial decentralization, the defense strategy of Lebanon, and a financial and economic recovery plan that would include the necessary reforms and a fair distribution of losses," Aoun said in his address to the population.

إنني ومن موقعي كمؤتمن على الدستور أدعو لحوار وطني عاجل من أجل التفاهم على 3 مسائل والعمل على إقرارها ضمن المؤسسات، وهي:
* اللامركزية الإدارية والمالية الموسعة
* الاستراتيجية الدفاعية لحماية لبنان
* خطة التعافي المالي والاقتصادي بما فيها الإصلاحات اللازمة والتوزيع العادل للخسائر

— General Michel Aoun (@General_Aoun) December 27, 2021

The security of the country is a matter of the army, the resistance, and the people, but the state is in the center, said Aoun. 

"Lebanon as a state will be able to exist when based on the constitution, law, and institutions," he added. 

لا وجود للبنان من دون دولة، واستمرارية بناء هذه الدولة تستند الى أسس هي: الدستور والقوانين والمؤسسات.
هذا ما يؤدي الى انتظام في الدولة، وهو مطلب كل لبناني اكان مقيماً او في الانتشار، المطلب واحد: قيام الدولة

— General Michel Aoun (@General_Aoun) December 27, 2021

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Lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic crisis, which the World Bank ranked among the top 10 worst economic crises in the world since the mid-nineteenth century.

Over 80% of the population lives in poverty, and the national currency, the Lebanese pound, has lost more than 90% of its black market value as Beirut is yet to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund amid a political crisis.

"Our quota in the International Monetary Fund is four billion," Salameh said.

"The mandatory reserves are around $12.5 billion," that the central bank can't spend, Salameh said. He also explained that an additional $1.5 billion in reserves had been freed up for central bank spending.

Lebanon's mandatory reserves were $32 billion before the economic crisis started in the country.

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