Lebanese PM sues AUB over exit package

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab is suing the American University of Beirut (AUB), where he worked for 35 years as an academic, a spokesman for Diab said, in a dispute over his exit package. Diab presented his resignation in January — the month he became prime minister. “... He asked for an exit package in line with common practices and precedents at AUB. This request was denied ...,” the spokesman said. Diab had “never made any special request for any payments to be made either in foreign currency or into foreign bank accounts. All AUB professors have their pensions paid in US dollars, from a AUB foreign account”, the spokesman said.—