Cabinet meets at the Grand Serail on Thursday. (Credit: Dalati and Nohra)
BEIRUT — Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in his opening remarks to a cabinet session on Thursday that he is “satisfied with the atmosphere in the government and the cooperation on the eve of the elections.”
Here’s what we know:
• The achievement we are about to witness and that will start tomorrow, is the expatriate election; we commend the efforts of the Minister of Interior in completing the preparations, he said. Lebanese overseas go to the polls in legislative elections tomorrow and Sunday, while the vote in Lebanon is scheduled to take place on May 15.
• In the session, Mikati criticized “populism in approaching some issues, including the capital control, which was established to protect deposits and depositors' rights,” and cited Greece’s experience with the IMF, saying the Greek officials were able to complete a capital control law in 10 days.
• “The capital control law is open for discussion, amendment and addition of all that is necessary,” he added.
• The cabinet began a meeting at the Grand Serail on Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. devoted to examining a 40-item agenda.