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France welcomed the decision of the former Lebanese Prime Minister (who leads the Future Movement), Saad Hariri, on Tuesday to help President-designate Mustafa Adib find a way out to form the government by appointing an independent finance minister from the Shiite community. choose him, as do ministers, on the basis of competence, integrity and lack of party affiliation. . While the “Shiite duo” (Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, led by President Nabih Berri), held intensive meetings to respond to Hariri’s initiative, former prime ministers shook hands, saying it was “personal. and not binding on them “.
A spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry, von der Molle, said Wednesday that Hariri’s statement “expresses a sense of responsibility and Lebanon’s national interest, and represents an openness that everyone should appreciate with the goal of forming a group. work as soon as possible. “
At the same time, he noted that France “calls on all political leaders to respect the commitments they made on September 1, in order to meet the urgent needs of Lebanon.”
He stressed that “France will continue to support the Lebanese people in coordination with its European and international partners, and will ensure that the terms of international support for Lebanon are respected at every stage. It encourages President-designate Mustafa Adib to form a government of missions as soon as possible, composed of independent and competent personalities of their choice. “
In this regard, a French diplomatic source told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that France is determined to help the Lebanese people in the first place, and assured all the political leaders they contacted recently, in order to contribute points of view and resolve pending differences, that international support to Lebanon will be swift and urgent. Since the Lebanese crisis does not tolerate any delay or delay in the delivery of aid, as a kind of incentive to take serious action and start the necessary reforms. Noting that a large part of the Lebanese had asked French President Emmanuel Macron not to provide assistance to the ruling political class, as he is responsible for the explosion of the port of Beirut and the economic crisis that the country has experienced, and that each French aid provided to the system itself is equivalent to the recognition of its existence, legitimacy and survival, This is how France responded referring to the results of the parliamentary elections and the ballot boxes that brought the rulers to office.
Hariri’s move is seen as an exemption from the condition of rotation in ministerial portfolios, after he previously refused to limit a ministry to one sect or party, noting that the “Shiite duo” insists not just on the Finance Minister but also in appointing the ministers of the Shiite community, which raises questions about the couple’s reunion. Hariri in his resignation and abandonment of his conditions.
Furthermore, a source in the Republican Palace of Baabda told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that President Michel Aoun’s calendar today, Wednesday, lacks a specific meeting with Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib.
Adeeb circles confirmed to Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that the president-designate will not visit Baabda before obtaining a semifinal and decisive view on the issue from the Ministry of Finance, and does not favor the idea of visits that do not yield tangible and new results.
The ball is in the Shiite court
On the other hand, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed learned that, since Tuesday, meetings have been held between representatives of the Amal Movement and Hezbollah, to take the appropriate position on the Hariri initiative, and that intensive contacts are being maintained to fully present the facts before reaching an official decision. Especially since the “Shiite duo” continues to insist on appointing the Shiite ministers himself, while Hariri indicated that the name is chosen by Adeeb, and here the disagreement still exists, and it is expected that the next few hours will take an evolution in this direction after the boss of the Future Movement threw The ball is in the duo’s court.
The knot of the Ministry of Finance, to which the “Shiite duo” adheres, delayed the formation of Adib of the government, and led to the extension of the deadline set by France, that is, 15 days, as part of the initiative announced by Macron during his visit to Lebanon in early September to help rebuild. Beirut, shortly after the port explosion on August 4, helped the country overcome a severe economic crisis.
This was also confirmed by the Lebanese president, who said on Monday that not forming a government under the current circumstances would lead “Lebanon to hell”, and based on that, Aoun broke the scene of stagnation, by proposing that he took the first step towards the civilization of the state, abolishing sectarian distribution. To the ministries that were called “sovereignty”, and not to assign them to specific sects, but to make them available to all sects, and to raise the ceiling of the position towards the “Shiite duo”, including their main ally, “Hezbollah” , but emphasized, in return, that the understanding of “Mar Mikhael” is between his party. “The Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah did not decipher it, but this does not prevent each side from expressing its opinion when there is no understanding on an issue.
Personal initiative
Former prime ministers, Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora and Tamam Salam, responded to Hariri’s move, stressing that it was a “personal initiative.”
The former presidents said, in a statement, that “the Lebanese constitution is very clear that there is no ministerial portfolio that can be a monopoly or an exclusive right of ministers who belong to a certain sect or sect, as well as nothing prevents, according to the constitution, without assuming power Any Lebanese, and to which sectarian or sectarian group he belongs, that is, a ministerial portfolio in Lebanon. ” And they declared: “After the manufactured uproar that was generated around the portfolio of the Ministry of Finance, we do not consider ourselves subject to this initiative.”
And they stressed that “the main theme remains for us, as it is for all Lebanese, in the importance of adhering to full respect and commitment to the principle of preservation of the constitution and safeguarding it against any violation that some may take, a step towards the establishment of a practice or custom contrary to the text of the constitution “.
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