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The French government postponed the international conference that was expected to help Lebanon, following the failure of political parties to form a new government, while Hezbollah claimed that the time had not come for a coup against the results of the parliamentary elections. , and President Michel Aoun set a new date for the start of parliamentary consultations to appoint a new prime minister.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced that the second international conference to aid Lebanon after the big explosion in the port of Beirut will take place in November, not October.
“A meeting will be held to provide humanitarian aid to Lebanon,” Le Drian told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly. In November, According to the promises we have made. “
On September 1, French President Emmanuel Macron indicated during his second visit to Lebanon, after the Beirut port explosion, that the conference would be held in October.
Le Drian explained that this conference would allow a “transition to the second stage”, which is the stage of “reconstruction” of the port and the affected neighborhoods in Beirut, after a first stage called “emergency”.
Le Drian stressed “the need for this catastrophe not to obscure the current political tragedy in Lebanon” and warned again about “the disintegration of Lebanon, even its disappearance” if a government is not formed quickly and structural reforms are not carried out.
On August 9, a first international aid conference for Lebanon was held, organized by France and the United Nations, which managed to raise 250 million euros in aid to face the repercussions of the explosion that occurred on August 4.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun set October 15 as the date for binding parliamentary consultations to appoint a new figure in charge of forming a government, after last month the previous attempt to form an “independent” government defended by the street and the international community.
After months of fruitless consultations following his appointment in late August, Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adeeb apologized on September 26 for failing to form the new government in light of differences between the parties over ministerial portfolios and in amid growing international demands for a government to implement the reforms necessary to oust this country. One of the worst economic crises he has faced in decades.
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the “betrayal” of the Lebanese political class, despite the promises made to him on September 1 during his second visit to Lebanon.
This is not the right time to change the balance of power
On the other hand, Sheikh Naim Qassem, undersecretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah, said that this is not the right time to amend or change the balance of power, nor for what he described as a coup against the results of the parliamentary elections and the creation of formulas for a government that does not represent the parliamentary blocs.
Qassem added in a speech during a partisan rally that recent months have shown that the only available solution is to appoint a prime minister and form the government in accordance with the constitution and the mechanisms adopted since the Taif Agreement, and that any violation of this The solution means keeping the country in a state of stagnation and deterioration, as he described.
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