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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Kareem Chehayeb

MYSTERIOUS: Parliament pushes for capital controls law as lebanese protest - What They Never Told You

A protester holds a sign in Arabic that reads 'Our rulers sold us in dollars' during a demonstration against a new draft law on capital controls that would limit how much bank depositors can withdraw from their savings [Hussein Malla/AP]

Beirut, Lebanon – Almost three years after banks in Lebanon began preventing the withdrawal of US dollars from bank accounts, families in the country are now fearful a proposed capital controls law will make things worse, as they continue to struggle with the country’s spiralling economy.

Lebanon’s array of commercial banks imposed their own capital controls after the country’s financial system crashed in late 2019, by setting withdrawal and transfer limits.

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