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Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri presented a list of 18 ministers to President Michel Aoun on Wednesday, after months of disputes that prevented an agreement on a new government. And French President Emmanuel Macron warned before a visit to Beirut later this month that without forming a credible government, Lebanon would not get a financial rescue package to lift it out of its worsening financial crisis.
For his part, the Lebanese president, General Michel Aoun, presented to Saad Hariri, in charge of forming a new government, an “integrated proposal” on the formation of a government that Hariri gave him. A statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic said tonight, Wednesday, that President Aoun received “from the designated prime minister Saad Hariri at 4:30 pm this afternoon at the Baabda Palace, a government formation of 18 ministers, and discussed with him the last minute contacts made by the designated prime minister in this regard. “
The General Directorate of the Presidency of the Republic announced that Aoun had received “the designated prime minister who provided him with a complete government formation. In return, Aoun gave Hariri a comprehensive government proposal that includes a portfolio distribution based on clear principles. “.
France, the former colonial power leading international efforts to aid Lebanon, is trying to rally Lebanese leaders to deal with this collapse, but was frustrated that its efforts were hampered by uncompromising sectarian policies. One of the specialists, far from party affiliation, “added that the meeting took place” in a positive environment. “
Hariri had vowed to be elected in October as prime minister for the fourth time in order to quickly form a government that could revive the French road map. But long-standing political differences hampered talks to form a government as the country is heading toward what United Nations agencies warn will be a “social disaster.”
The economic collapse has pushed at least half the population into poverty and the currency is collapsing.
The current interim government has resigned after a powerful explosion in the port of Beirut in August that killed more than 200 people and destroyed large sections of the capital.
AS / HD (Reuters, dpa)
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