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Muhammad Choucair wrote in the Middle East:
Political sources that keep abreast of the ongoing contacts to facilitate the formation of the new Lebanese government and block the way to plunge the country into a crisis that adds to the major crises by which it is affected, have revealed that the president French Emmanuel Macron has instructed the interested authorities to form him that he wishes to extend the deadline that he had set in agreement with the state and political forces. The president gave birth to the next government. She told Asharq Al-Awsat that he told those interested that extending it for one or two days, which ends tomorrow Thursday, paves the way to intensify contacts to create conditions that push to overcome the deadlock that still delays the government formation process.
The same sources confirmed that Macron has not stopped communicating with all Lebanese leaders to overcome the obstacles that still hamper the formation of the government, and said that his contacts coincide with similar contacts that he is undertaking and include international and regional parties without entering into details of what has come to him so far because it continues and has not stopped.
He pointed out that the French contacts did not end with the president in charge of forming the new government, Ambassador Mustafa Adib, and said that the latter follows the pace of the contacts managed by Macron and with him the French team in charge of following up on the Lebanese file, especially because it did not stop running its engines, but rather intensified them after the formation of the government collided with an office. A Shiite rejects the principle of rotation in the distribution of portfolios between the sects on the basis of not leaving the Ministry of Finance and insisting on consulting with it to appoint the Shiite ministers to fill the non-sovereign ministerial portfolios.
He considered it premature to dive into President Macron’s reaction in the event that last-minute contacts did not lead to paving the way for the birth of the government, especially in light of the decision he made to extend the term. that he had set for its composition, perhaps giving the forces involved in its conformation a new opportunity that would allow them to review. His calculations and reconsideration of his positions in recognition of the difficult circumstances in which the country is currently crossing the abyss and the economic, financial and social collapse becomes increasingly dangerous and now forces him to initiate a concerted effort to help save it because there is no one to help you unless you begin to help yourself.
While the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, continued his consultations with the parliamentary blocs in search of the solutions required to get the country out of its suffocating crises, the designated president was exposed -as the accompanying sources say- to campaigns of falsehood and slander that forced him to break the silence in front of a series of friends who quoted him saying. : I will maintain my position and I will not be a vehicle to break the honorable Shiite sect or other sects, and what matters to me after my mandate to form the new government is to cooperate with all those who do not have previous positions to save my country.
President Adeeb adds, according to his friends: I am not going to get into a fight with anyone because the country now needs to be involved in political disputes, and the crises and problems it suffers that force us to cooperate to save it, and for my part I am not of those who seek to upset the country and paralyze its ability to face challenges, and my hand is out. Everyone will cooperate and I will be in the right position should efforts to form a rescue government hit a dead end.
From Adeeb’s words to his friends it is clear that he does not intend to return to the backward country, that it is necessary to transfer it to a new stage, and that his rescue is not in extending the crisis management, but in benefiting from the French initiative personally led by President Macron, which opened the door for the return of international interest in Lebanon.
On the other hand, sources that accompanied the consultations that President Aoun held with the parliamentary blocs stated that he had a great interest in neutralizing the process of formation of the government and did not address it either with regard to the distribution of portfolios or names. nominees to join him, noting that President Adeeb did not take Baabda with him at the meeting that brought them together first. Yesterday any project for a cabinet lineup.
The same sources confirmed that some blocks made the decision to participate in these consultations after being informed that they would not deal with the government formation process, neither in terms of names nor in terms of the distribution of ministerial portfolios among sects. Therefore, it does not constitute an circumvention of the powers that the constitution has assigned to the designated president who has absolute authority. When electing the ministers, he will subsequently consult with the President of the Republic in this regard.
“Asharq Al-Awsat” learned that Aoun started his meetings with the parliamentary blocs saying: Now we are faced with a dilemma and a great crisis, how do you see a way out? The meeting he had with President Najib Mikati was remarkable, who stressed – according to the sources – that there is no intention of the President-designate to break the Shiites, but it is not possible to accept everything that the “Shiite duo” demands, stressing that it is against all forms of sectarian and sectarian tension and supports dialogue and communication because there is no interest in taking the country to a place we do not want, we have already had enough crises, and we support President Adib because he has no choice but cooperate with everyone to save the country.
Consequently, the doors are not closed to bring the country out of the impasse. Perhaps extending the deadline for the birth of the government by a French request could be a breakthrough at the last minute, otherwise the country will slide into the unknown.
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