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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Private sector optimistic after Joseph Aoun's election and speech

The Association of Banks in Lebanon waited until the day after the election to issue a statement outlining its expectations, while the RDCL, the Industrialists' Association, and the farmers' unions reacted on the same day.

Private sector optimistic after Joseph Aoun's election and speech

Lebanon's new president, Joseph Aoun, delivering his inauguration speech, next to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (right) and the Deputy Parliament Speaker, MP Elias Bou Saab, on Jan. 9, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)

“You can certainly say 'mabrook' [congratulations] in Lebanon,” said Antoine Hoyek, president of the Farmers' Association, summing up the mood after a parliamentary session that ended more than two years of presidential deadlock, culminating in...
“You can certainly say 'mabrook' [congratulations] in Lebanon,” said Antoine Hoyek, president of the Farmers' Association, summing up the mood after a parliamentary session that ended more than two years of presidential deadlock, culminating in...