Bassil cuts the road to Hariri and a Frenchman warns of the disappearance of Lebanon!

The Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote: “The doors are closed.” Thus, we can summarize the result of the few communications that were given about the government crisis in recent days. And it was clear that this contest, which the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, tried to break by inviting him to parliamentary consultations on the 15th of this month, aims to throw a stone into stagnant waters, not only internally, but also an attempt for him to take the pulse of the Elysee, who did not move. Static since French President Emmanuel Macron’s last conference on Lebanon. Certainly the mandatory consultations to appoint a new prime minister were not preceded by an agreement on any names, despite repeated talks about the need for assignment and composition, but Aoun decided to move to say that he is working on the success of the French initiative, and contacted the president of parliament, Nabih Berri, noting that the latter preferred to understand In the “complete basket” before scheduling the appointment. Ultimately, sources in Baabda reply that “President Aoun applies the constitution, aren’t they the ones who accuse him of violating the constitution? What do they want more than that?” What about the agreement on the name of the future president? “The president has set consultations within a week, so that the political forces have the opportunity to consult and reach an agreement, but that everyone knows that we cannot wait any longer and that the situation in the country is like a mine that could explode in any moment”.

With the step taken by President Aoun, the country is heading towards a process of mixing political letters, which will begin to emerge in succession with the main political forces announcing their positions on what is happening. This began with former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who yesterday in an interview with the LBCI channel renewed his candidacy for President Saad Hariri to head a techno-political government (6 political ministers and 14 technocrats), which is subject to the acceptance of Hariri, who will appear on the show today. He is now “on the MTV channel” and is likely to express his position on this nomination, while informed sources said that “Hariri will respond to the accusations against him for disrupting the government, but will not use a high ceiling against Hezbollah.”

In any case, there is a constant, which is that the French initiative continues and that there is no tendency to form a one-color government. This constant leads to the fact that the only options available to the forces involved in forming the government are either to return to negotiations with Hariri himself to assign him to form a government or to agree with him on a specific name. But the first option, according to informed sources, had great obstacles. Hariri has yet to decide his position and may soon come out to say that he rejects this mission. Although “Hariri is still the favorite name of Prime Minister Nabih Berri, despite his reservations on many issues, and it is an option that Hezbollah will not oppose,” the big problem lies in President Aoun’s position on him as well. as well as former minister Gebran Bassil. The latter categorically rejects Hariri’s return to Serail. In order to block the road, information was circulated saying that “Bassil is working to float Ambassador Mustafa Adib again.” Although sources from the Free Patriotic Movement deny this, Al-Akhbar learned that “Adeeb received many calls from Beirut asking him to return”, but “refuses to do so before reaching a final agreement, as he wants guarantees that allow him compose as soon as you arrive “.
The negativity that accompanies the government scene was overcome yesterday by the announcement by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian that the second international conference to aid Lebanon after the huge explosion in the port of Beirut will be held in November and not 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”. It is striking that he warned once again of “the disintegration of Lebanon, and rather of its disappearance if a government is not quickly formed and structural reforms are not carried out.”