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Capital control bill up in the air as opposition mounts

Date: 
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Growing opposition from Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and other political groups appeared Tuesday to have cast gloom over the fate of a capital control bill designed to organize the relationship between banks and clients amid a scarcity of U.S. dollars and a deepening economic and financial crisis.

Acting Bodies: 
Lebanese Parliament
Type: 
Laws
Categories: 
Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...)
Impact: 
National
Status: 
On Hold