President's Letter

The Lebanese Expatriates all over the world are concerned about the present instability in the Government of Lebanon as well as the high emotion of the people who are expressing their anger to the recent changes.

The stability of the country is the most important thing and the unity of the country is the assurance of survival for Lebanon. The Lebanese International Business Council (LIBC) calls on all parties to refrain from raising the emotions of the people, which causes damage to the economy and hurts many innocent people.

We call on the leaders of Lebanon to work for the benefit of the country of Lebanon, not to the benefit of foreign entities. We encourage them to dialogue with each other, to follow the principle of democracy in all of their dealings and to solve all of the problems at the conference table, not on the streets or in the media.

We call on our future government and on all of the political leaders to be transparent and to encourage justice in the courts of Lebanon and to help to repay the national debt that now exceeds 60 billion dollars. We call on the leaders of Lebanon and on the new government to protect the assets and natural resources of Lebanon such as oil and gas resources and our water resources, which are vital to the survival of the country and can possibly supply other countries with needed water if we develop a program to build dams and preserve rain water that is badly needed in Beirut and other major cities and villages.

We call on the Lebanese leaders and future government to quickly solve the present situation to keep the Lebanese currency very stable and the real estate assets at the price where it is to protect all of the investments that have been made by the Lebanese Immigrants in bank deposits in Lebanese banks or from the purchase of or investment in real estate.

We call upon the Lebanese government and the political leaders to keep the Lebanese Armed Forces capable and well equipped to protect the country from any danger.

We, the Lebanese Expatriates, have supported Lebanon for many decades and will continue to support it provided that the local leaders and government do not misuse the funds that the Expatriates have sent to Lebanon, invested and deposited in banks in Lebanon.

No sectarian and religious fights and disagreements should be part of the future government’s planning and religion should be kept for prayers and God and should not be involved in politics.

We call on all Lebanese in Lebanon to be patient as they have been and to support the leaders who work for Lebanon and not the ones who work for themselves or foreign entities. We remind them that their vote is very valuable and next time they have a chance to vote, they should vote for the right leader and the right political platform to give the country unity, stability, justice and prosperity.

 

Warm regards,
Nassib Fawaz (Founding president LIBC)
USA