Agreement Reached on Central Bank Governor Deputies” Names, No Progress on Key Issues
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.