taha's father was hoping to find him a job abroad.bank from the anger of lebanese who have been locked out of their accounts, while elites transferred billions abroad. riad salameh has been governor for 27 years but he says the economic crisis is not the bank's fault. we are the central bank, we are not the government. so you think you are being forced to take the blame that others should accept? well, i'm not forced, i'm not accepting the blame. whoever is in power is responsible. people here don't believe the politicians any more. that's the problem. that's not my problem. it's a problem for lebanon, though, isn't it? i didn't vote for them. the leaders of lebanon's sects treat power as a personal possession. graffiti lampoons the former warlords who have carved lebanon up between them since the end of the civil war. one is walid jumblatt. i can't say that i'm not, i'm part of the system, yes. is it healthy that in this country a lot of the ruling class, the top men in the country, are people who were the leaders, many of them warlo