The Lebanese people have the right to know and the capacity to contribute to their economic rescue

ENAR

Three men in suits, with the carefully groomed looks of advanced-middle-age males, stand on Beirut’s landmark cliff and contemplate the mysteries of the sea that looms some 150 feet below them. One is a reputed banking economist, one a famous government technocrat, and one, with a much cheaper suit, the driver/bodyguard that brought them to this scenic spot for a secret personal discussion about Lebanon’s economic future. The technocrat and the banker are almost ready to start their confidential conversation on how to rescue the Lebanese economy together. Then a sudden, relentless gale—the type that lifted Dorothy over her rainbow—strikes out of an almost blue sky, grabs the suddenly helpless suits and dumps them unceremoniously in the sea below. Thank God, they all can swim and it is a balmy June 2020 afternoon in Raouché. Treading water, the sharp banking economist immediately whips out a—coincidentally waterproof—tablet and produces a chart