Despite recent arrests targeting money exchangers and speculators on the Lebanese pound, the dollar continues its madness, surpassing the threshold of 80,000 this morning, amid significant fears of security threats as the country sits on a powder keg that could explode at any moment due to extremely poor conditions.
Anyone monitoring the internal situation realizes that Lebanon is floating on hot coals, which could shake security and politics alike, given the disasters and calamities affecting the country, striking various sectors without any measures taken by the current authority to curb the pace of the collapse.
In light of a political deadlock, widespread objections, and ongoing constitutional disputes, a "presidential silence" prevails; all consultations and communications have frozen. A round of ambassadors from countries that attended the "five-nation meeting" in Paris aimed at breaking the deadlock on electing a new president did not lead to any progress, as everyone was awaiting a solution or a directive from abroad to address the political crisis, but it did not come.
Amid this deterioration, the northern capital Tripoli witnessed extensive gunfire and road blockages in several streets due to the rise of the "black dollar." Members of the Depositors' Cry Association targeted six banks today, setting them on fire, before heading to the home of the Association of Banks President, Salim Safi, in Harsh Tabet, where they set fire in front of it, attempting to storm it.
There are fears that the suspicious circumstances could lead us into dangerous security mazes, and the statements of the Minister of Interior and Municipalities Bassam Mawlawi are indicative of this, having issued warnings during his meeting with the Public Drivers Syndicate at the Grand Serail days ago, stating that "the country cannot tolerate any security slip tomorrow or any other day.”
Here, well-informed sources do not hide their fear of escalating situations due to the ongoing deterioration, warning that security chaos will not be limited to one area or another, especially if the political authority, which lacks the capacity to handle the crisis, does not take a position that breaks through the wall of intractable problems.
The source concludes: the situation is wide open, and we must be prepared for any possibility.
