{"id":62135,"date":"2021-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62135\/after-stellar-achievements-salim-sfeir-re-elected-as-head-of-abl"},"modified":"2021-06-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T00:00:00","slug":"after-stellar-achievements-salim-sfeir-re-elected-as-head-of-abl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62135\/after-stellar-achievements-salim-sfeir-re-elected-as-head-of-abl\/","title":{"rendered":"After Stellar Achievements, Salim Sfeir Re-Elected As Head Of ABL"},"content":{"rendered":"When something is not working in Lebanon, you bet your ass we keep trying the same solution until we drop dead.<br \/>  <br \/>  That is why it was unsurprising to hear that Lebanese-Swiss banker and financial engineer extraordinaire Salim Sfeir was just re-elected to head the Lebanese Association of Banks. Running opposing Sfeir was Jean Riachi who is the chairman of FFA Private Bank, someone many had hoped would bring some much-needed change.<br \/>  <br \/>  Here is how Twitter reacted to the news:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wxmnr3ZUXA\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wxmnr3ZUXA<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Mh\u0651md (@dankar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dankar\/status\/1409842023121698816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bankster: A banker who engages in illegal, deceitful, criminal and unethical practices for profit at the expense of their customers, namely small depositors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxlOXO8OXY\">https:\/\/t.co\/sxlOXO8OXY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Nadine Mazloum (@NadineMazloum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NadineMazloum\/status\/1409845306297049095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/laesCpKuw2\">https:\/\/t.co\/laesCpKuw2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Youmna Sherry (@YoumnaSherry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoumnaSherry\/status\/1409845791083147265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0638\u064a\u0645 \u0639\u0645 \u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644\u0648 \u0628\u0631\u0627\u0632 \u0628\u0634\u0631\u064a \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9_%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629_\u0644\u0648_\u0633\u0645\u062d\u062a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0pGnDHtzt3\">https:\/\/t.co\/0pGnDHtzt3<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \u0623\u0645\u0627\u0646\u064a \u062c\u062d\u0627 (@amanie_geha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amanie_geha\/status\/1409842560802201603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When something is not working in Lebanon, you bet your ass we keep trying the same solution until we drop 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