Yesterday, she interacted politically and judicially with Judge Ghada Aoun’s raid on the headquarters of the Banque du Liban in central Beirut the day before yesterday (Tuesday), and her attempt to arrest Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh.
The raid caused great confusion in the banking sector and paralyzed the banking movement, and the Central Bank employees announced a three-day strike in protest, and the Appeals Public Prosecutor in Beirut, Judge Raja Hamoush, organized a detailed report on the facts of the raid and the violations it involved, which he will submit to the Discriminatory Public Prosecutor, Judge Ghassan. Oweidat. The legal and judicial circles are awaiting the step that the relevant judicial references will resort to.
A prominent judicial source confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that Oweidat “will study Judge Hamoush’s report and determine whether he will take action once morest Judge Aoun in his capacity as her direct superior, or refer the matter to the Supreme Judicial Council, to inform it of the facts of what happened, in terms of the aforementioned judge overriding her role and authority. and carrying out raids in the Beirut area outside its jurisdiction.
The legal and judicial references are unanimous that the judge affiliated with the President of the Republic exceeded her powers, and the judicial source considered that Ghada Aoun “committed a sin that requires her to be held accountable.”
The information indicates that the results of this raid will have a negative impact for several days, especially since the strike announced by the Syndicate of Bank of Lebanon employees, whose negative effects began to appear.
