In a press release issued on Wednesday, Lebanon’s Banking Affiliation stated that the banks will stay closed till additional discover, citing ongoing “dangers” to workers following a spree of financial institution stick-ups final week.
The Banking Affiliation stated within the assertion that the choice to increase the strike got here within the absence of any measures and even assurances from the state and all safety establishments as a way to safe a secure atmosphere for work.
Lebanon’s banks had deliberate to reopen their doorways on Thursday after a three-day closure introduced final week.
Since 2020, Lebanese banks have witnessed a number of raids by depositors to retrieve their cash with their very own arms amid the continued banking disaster, storming financial institution branches even with plastic pistols in a sequence of great hold-ups that noticed a fast rise within the final week.
