AGREEMENT REACHED ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DEPUTIES’ NAMES, NO PROGRESS ON KEY ISSUES
NaharNet
March 26 3009
Lebanon
Agreement has reportedly been reached on the names of the deputies to
the central bank governor and the nominees are likely to be officially
announced at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting.
Local media said, however, that no progress had been seen on the
budget impasse or the administrative appointments.
They said the agreed-upon names include Mohammed Baasiri, a Sunni,
Raed Sharafeddine, a Shiite, Saad al-Indari, a Druze, and Armenian
Harout Samuelian.
Pan-Arab daily Al Hayat said Thursday that the 2009 state budget
crisis remains unripe.
It quoted well-informed sources as saying that an agreement had
recently been reached between Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister
Fouad Saniora on budget figures.
Approval of the budget, however, seemed to be linked to other topics
that are put on freeze pending a package deal.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
