"This is the conclusion of the discussions that were held prior to the Eid al-Adha
...a major Moslem holiday, marked by animal sacrifice and ritual rioting...
holiday over the file of the vacant, high-ranking state posts," al-Akhbar newspaper said.
As per Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...’s Code of Money and Credit, the governor post should go to the first deputy governor until the appointment of an incumbent governor. The current first deputy governor is Wassim Mansouri, who is close to the Shiite Duo.
According to al-Akhbar, Mansouri returned last week from Washington, where he met with officials from the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and other U.S. officials concerned with the banking sector in Lebanon.
"Mansouri has been quoted as saying that he sensed no U.S. objection to him assuming the governor’s missions and that it was agreed to coordinate with the relevant U.S. authorities regarding the management of the banking sector and the financial and monetary situations," the daily said.
"The U.S. officials, however, stressed to Mansouri the need to appoint an incumbent governor," al-Akhbar quoted informed sources as saying.
According to the same sources, the Americans are still in favor of allotting the governor post to former minister Camille Abousleiman, "despite his concern over accepting the mission in the absence of consensus on him, especially that he sensed in his previous tours serious reservations, not to mention that influential forces inside and outside the government have informed (caretaker PM Najib) Mikati of their rejection of him assuming this post."