Lebanon's revolution against corruption continues and the long awaited judicial appointments "might" be a step in the right direction if no political interference takes place. An independent judiciary committee and a capable judiciary system have been the revolution's demands since day1 and are key to making a real change. The real problem, as highlighted on several occasions before, is that most judges and prosecutors are appointed by politicians, which results in selective justice. One flagrant…

Update: State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat has suspended a ruling by Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim on freezing the assets of 20 banks, TV networks said. Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim has put a “prevention of disposal” signal today on the assets of twenty Lebanese banks and imposed a freeze on the assets of these banks' heads. According to LBCI, the list contains all the major banks like: Bank Audi, BLOM, Fransbank, Byblos, Societe Generale, Bank of Beirut,…