All eyes are focused on Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh as a discuss over a argumentative U.S. law targeting Hezbollah’s finances takes core stage.
Hezbollah claims that some banks are shutting certain accounts but referring a box initial to a Central Bank and a Special Investigation Commission, an claim denied by banks.
Some news media reported Tuesday that a Central Bank’s construction on a U.S. law targeting Hezbollah has apparently soothed some of a concerns of a celebration during slightest for a time being.
Central Bank Circular 137 called on Lebanese banks to exercise a U.S. law and that’s what we did,” a landowner told a newspaper.
The landowner insisted that banks are not meddlesome in politics and what they are doing is simply abiding by general rules, that embody a U.S. law on Hezbollah.
Article source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb//Business/Local/2016/May-19/352861-hezbollah-tones-down-campaign-against-banks.ashx