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Beirut – “Al-Quds Al-Arabi”: Lebanese President Michel Aoun surprised the Lebanese by postponing the consultations that were scheduled for Thursday at the Baabda Palace for a week, at the request of some parliamentary blocs, due to the appearance of difficulties that require work to resolve them at a time when information suggested that Prime Minister Saad Hariri should be appointed to form the government.
The postponement of the consultations comes immediately after the first round of negotiations to demarcate the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, which took place under 3 blue tents at UNIFIL headquarters with the participation of the American mediator David Schenker and the Special Coordinator of the United Nations in Lebanon Jan Kubis, who requested a clarification of the dispute between Lebanese President Michel Aoun and the Shiite duo. Who washed his hands of the formation of the Lebanese delegation, calling in a statement from the Hezbollah leaderships and the Amal movement to “immediately reconsider the delegation that includes both civilians and the military because it contravenes the framework agreement and the content of the April’s understanding and constitutes a transgression of all elements of force for our country and represents a recognition of the Israeli logic that wishes to obtain Any form of normalization. At one point it was noted that the Israelis crossed the border crossing along with the negotiations and demanded peace with Lebanon.
The postponement of the consultations, which Prime Minister Nabih Berri declared his refusal to postpone, not even for one day, was preceded by a position of rejection of the powerful Lebanese bloc rejecting Hariri’s nomination. The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, was absent from the meeting between the Futuro delegation and his bloc. Information was leaked that the movement would not nominate anyone, and if it is true that it would put the name in the custody of the President of the Republic, it is a trap similar to what happened when Prime Minister Rafik Hariri refused to authorize deputies for the former president Emile Lahoud to nominate him. Thus, he was assured that the two largest Christian blocs, that is, the “strong Lebanese bloc” and the “strong republican bloc”, would not be called Hariri. The head of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, stated explicitly from Maarab: “We will not name Hariri or anyone else in the consultations, because the specifications to form an effective rescue government are not present in any figure.”
As for the Shiite duo, Hezbollah, which confirmed its approval of 90 percent of what was mentioned in the French initiative, it would have agreed to give in to Hariri without naming him, provided that the “Development and Liberation Bloc” headed by President Nabih Berri gave it your vows to Hariri.
Thus, Saad Hariri is among the votes of the Sunni majority, the Shiite Berri bloc, the Christian “Marada” bloc, the Armenian “Tashnak” bloc and some independent Christian representatives. As for the Druze votes, Hariri also included them after a call he made to the president of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, and it was rated positive, and Jumblatt asked for the health or education portfolio.
As for Prince Talal Arslan, he attacked Hariri, tweeting in tune with Gebran Bassil: “We are not aware that the French initiative placed Prime Minister Hariri among the ranks of specialists … Enough is to ignore the minds of the people, and no one is bigger than Lebanon and the Lebanese, regardless of their personal financial wealth … Enough experiments … and whoever tried the experienced was His mind is ruined. “
In light of these data, the postponement of the consultations will postpone Hariri’s nomination for a week unless there are dramatic developments, noting that initial indications were that Hariri would be assigned almost 60 votes a year after the anniversary of the Revolution. October, of which some factions chose to nominate Abdel Rahman Al-Bizri to head the government.
