Michel Aoun, it is a battle against the corrupt and the thief. Stand by me.
Channel: ODiaspora
Date: 2021-04-07

The Lebanese President General Michel Aoun addressed the nation on television about forensic audit tonight on April 7, 2021 in a heartly speech which reminds the Lebanese about the general in his famous national struggles in the old days. Liberation battles before we won, he added, but it seems that the battle of the forensic audit is much harder, addressing frankly the viewers.

He said that the meeting yesterday, between Ministry of Finance, the Governorate of the Central Bank and the Alvarez & Marsal firm, gave no tangible outcome. He meant that this is procrastination and it affirms that there is no will to go through forensic audit.
 
The Lebanese people are waiting to know what has become of their funds, and we fear that their lifetime savings might have been robbed and that time is now being stolen, the president mentioned.

“Day after day, doubts were being confirmed that the accounts were not clear, that the size of the shortage in foreign currency reserves was unknown and that this shortage was unlawfully being covered by the depositors’ funds”, he revealed. Adding that “It is obvious that the main goal of procrastination is to drive the firm to despair so that it leaves Lebanon, the forensic audit is doomed and the criminals go unpunished”.

“I am Michel Aoun and I say to all the Lebanese: 
You may disagree with me in politics but you will always find me by your side in right. I am ahead of you in the battle to unveil the biggest loot operation in the history of Lebanon.

Stand by me. Put aside all your political differences.

We shall not let them rob the people, oppress a mother, humiliate a father or insult a patient.

We shall not let them undermine the forensic audit or ruin a State, a nation, a history and a future”.

To the political and unpolitical leaderships I say: What happened couldn’t have been possible hadn’t you provided a minimum cover for the Central Bank, the private banks and the Ministry of Finance.

To the Central Bank I say: The main responsibility befalls you. You have violated the Code of Money and Credit, and you should have organized the banking practice and taken the measures to protect the people’s money.

To the banks I say: Your liability is obvious. People entrusted you with their money and you disposed of it irresponsibly.

Governments, administrations, ministries, boards and committees… they are all responsible for every penny that has been wasted throughout the years, and all must be subject to forensic audit.

To the States that claim solidarity with the Lebanese people, I say: Help us disclose money transfer transactions that were considered as financial smuggling after October 17, 2019.

In the end the president called to a forensic audit as the beginning. The battle may be harder than liberating the land. It is a battle against the corrupt and the thief, who are more dangerous than the occupier and the agent, for those who steal people’s money can steal a nation.

He called to hold an extraordinary meeting in view of taking the proper decision to protect people’s deposits, unveil the causes of the collapse and define responsibilities in preparation for accountability and the recovery of rights.

I am Michel Aoun, the President of the Republic. I am Michel Aoun, the General that you know. I call on you, not to stand up for me, but to stand up for yourselves and for the future of your children.
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