The extraordinary measures taken by banks in Lebanon have not stopped Muhammad Kalo from entering one of the branches two days ago and threatening to burn himself if the bank is not released for a specific amount to cover the cost of treating his infant son who has a hole in the heart. Muhammad Kalo entered the bank more than two weeks ago, which first prolonged the transactions of individual customers inside the banks.
His child’s need for a necessary surgical procedure served as his first motivation to storm the “Bank of Lebanon and the Diaspora” in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon to demand some of His rights that banks were wasting and with them the political authority ever since the start of the banking crisis in the falklands. Despite the “calm” waves of storming banks during the previous period, after they borrowed in the middle of last month and continued until the beginning of this month.
The need for his child to have surgery, according to Calo, “motivated him to enter the bank and seek the liberation of some of his account to finance the medical expense.” He noted that “everything went quietly inside the bank,” stressing that “he was able to collect enough amount to meet the cost of treating his child.” (Reservations regarding stating the number.)
“By deleting his account, he also made it clear that he did not sign any documents, unlike other groups who invaded banks and forcibly took deposits.
Additionally, he added, “He had gone over the aforementioned bank more than once in the days prior, explaining the state of his child and the need for surgery, along with images and the paperwork needed for the procedure, but to no avail. This prompted him to go inside the bank and shut the door from inside.
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Added he, “I requested an amount that was just enough to pay for the expense of my child’s treatment and nothing more or less, even if I have other accounts in the aforementioned bank. Everyone who deposits has the right to access their money, but I decided to do so quietly and without making any disturbance.”
He also recognised that depositors would need to exercise their rights, saying, “We search for money but only want to gather our age.
It’s important to note that since the middle of September, banks have evolved into a scene for a force to storm with depositors from various locations in an effort to recover their deposits that were lost in the banks.
As a result, the Banking Association called the strike for two weeks before reopening with special procedures that restricted its interactions with the representatives of private enterprises to handling salary payments, while all individual transactions went through the Automated Automated.
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