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    Lebanon Finally Signed To Conduct Forensic Audit Of The Central Bank

    By Souad LazkaniSeptember 2, 2020Updated:July 19, 2021
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    It has been over a month since the Cabinet agreed to assign a firm to conduct a forensic audit of Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL).

    On July 21st, the Cabinet convened in Baabda Palace to discuss how to take Lebanon out of its financial misery.

    Exactly two weeks later, Beirut was struck by the fatal explosion. Since then, the government resigned. The country’s state could not be worse.

    However, the show must go on. Lebanon’s caretaker finance minister Ghazi Wazni finally signed the contract with Alvarez & Marsal to conduct the long-demanded forensic audit of the central bank (BDL).

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    A post shared by Banque Du Liban (@bdlofficial) on Jan 31, 2019 at 2:19am PST

    Wazni also signed two other contracts with KPMG and Oliver Wyman to conduct regular financial and accounting auditing.

    On several occasions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) asked for an audit of the central bank’s accounts to determine the true losses, which was a detail disputed by BDL Governor Riad Salameh and the government.

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    A post shared by Ahmed Hafez (@thehafezz) on Feb 17, 2020 at 12:35pm PST

    The forensic audit of BDL, which is expected to be transparent and leave no loopholes (or so the nation hopes), should reveal where the money of the people went and any related financial corruption.

    Yet, justified fear is there that the state will intervene to hide these facts from the public to protect its politicians, hence itself.

    The forensic audit in @BDL_Lebanon must be transparent, fully independent, and leaves no loopholes for any interference by the deeply corrupt #Lebanese politicians https://t.co/36xCBTRdd3

    — Ali Barada (@BaradaAli) August 27, 2020

    However, the forensic audit, which was so resisted, should open the door for Lebanon to receiving financial support from the international community if it commits to start the much-needed reforms.

    Central Bank of Lebanon International Monetary Fund (IMF) Riad Salameh
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