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Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib begins his consultations with parliamentary blocs to form his government on Wednesday 02/09, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron announced from Beirut a commitment by political forces to complete the mission in a maximum period of two weeks.
Macron will leave Beirut on Wednesday morning for Iraq after agreeing with Lebanese political forces on a road map that includes the formation of a government with a specific mission made up of “competent personalities” who are supported by political parties and they are engaged in urgent reforms in exchange for international support.
The 48-year-old Adib, who was assigned to form a government on Monday hours before Macron arrived on his second visit to Lebanon, has the support of the most prominent rival political forces, led by the Future Movement led by Saad Hariri by one side, and Hezbollah and President Michel Aoun on the other.
Adeeb is conducting non-binding consultations at the residence of the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, due to the damage sustained by the House of Representatives in the Beirut port explosion. He begins his consultations with a meeting with former heads of government, starting at 9:15 pm (0615 GMT), then the parliamentary blocs, and will continue until approximately 4:00 pm.
Typically, the government-building process in Lebanon is a difficult task and takes weeks or even months, but French pressure was evident, especially with Macron promising to return to Lebanon for a third visit at the end of the year and inviting to the political parties to Paris and Paris next month to evaluate the steps taken at the level of the Road Map. In a meeting that will be held in parallel to an international conference in support of Lebanon in cooperation with the United Nations.
Macron said during a press conference held on Tuesday evening after meeting with nine representatives of the most prominent political forces at the headquarters of the French Embassy in Beirut: “All political parties, without exception, pledged tonight not to take more than 15 days to form the government. ” He spoke of “a government with a specific mission with competent personalities, made up of an independent group that will have the support of all political parties that have committed to the prime minister,” he appointed.
On August 9, France sponsored an international conference in support of Lebanon days after the Beirut port bombing, during which participants pledged to contribute more than 250 million euros to help the Lebanese, provided it is provided under the auspices of the United Nations directly to the Lebanese people, bypassing the state institutions accused of corruption.
The international community is demanding that Lebanon complete serious and urgent reforms to support it financially in order to emerge from the cycle of accelerated economic collapse that it has witnessed for nearly a year, exacerbated by the Beirut port explosion on August 4.
