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Press release English LB 2020-11-06 Tier 1
Gebran Bassil (President, Free Patriotic Movement) — US Treasury (OFAC) Global Magnitsky designation for corruption, 6 Nov 2020 (Treasury press release sm1177): cites his role in steering Lebanese government funds to associates via front companies (2014, as Energy Minister) and patronage appointments (2017). Bassil denies the allegations.
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Gibran Bassil (Bassil), the President of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) political party and Member of Parliament (MP), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, for his role in corruption in Lebanon. Bassil has held…
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Press release Arabic LB 2006-02-06
FPM–Hezbollah Memorandum of Understanding (the Mar Mikhael Church document), 6 February 2006 (English translation of Arabic original)
Introduction: […] a joint memorandum of understanding between the FPM and Hezbollah was made public and read by Abu-Zeinab and Bassil. The following is the text of the memorandum dated February 6, 2006. 2 – Consensual Democracy: Consensual democracy remains the fundamental basis for governance in Lebanon, because it…