Govt. to discuss BDL chief candidates as Mikati rules out Salameh extension
A Cabinet session scheduled for Thursday will discuss the possibility of appointing a new Central Bank governor, media reports said.
“The session will be held and the Shiite Duo ministers will secure quorum, but there might not be consensus on any candidate,” Annahar newspaper reported on Wednesday.
According to the daily, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will propose the following candidates: ex-ministers Camille Abousleiman and Mansour Bteish; the bankers Samir Assaf, Karim Soaid and Joseph Tarabay; Presidency Director-General Antoine Choucair; and Naim Abou Jaoude -- the CEO of Candriam Investors Group and Chairman of New York Life Investment Management.
Sources close to Mikati meanwhile told Annahar that extending Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh’s term is “totally out of the question.”
“All the ongoing deliberations are not tackling extension,” the sources added.
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