Lebanese parliament speaker calls for session to discuss fuel shortages

Motorbike and car drivers wait to get fuel at a gas station, after the central bank decided to effectively end subsidies on fuel imports, in Damour, Lebanon, August 13, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

• Central bank head asks government for law allow him to dip into the mandatory reserve to provide financing for fuel imports

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament speaker Nabih Berri called for an open session for Friday to discuss appropriate action to face the country’s crippling fuel shortage, as requested by President Michel Aoun.
The Lebanese central bank head had asked the government last week to pass a law allowing him to dip into the mandatory reserve in order to provide financing for fuel imports.