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Lebanese President Michel Aoun delivered a televised speech this Wednesday from the Baabda Palace, in which he held the head of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, without mentioning his name, the responsibility of addressing the problem of corruption in the country, before from his long-awaited nomination on Thursday to form a new government. Hariri resigned as prime minister after the outbreak of protests against the corruption of the ruling political class on October 17, 2019. The formation of the new government comes as part of a French plan proposed by President Emmanuel Macron to remove Lebanon of their crises.
On Wednesday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun took over as leader of the Future Movement Sa’ad Al Hariri Who is likely to be tasked tomorrow with forming a new government, without naming it, the responsibility of tackling corruption and launching a reform workshop, accusing Political forces Causing the crisis in which the country sank.
On Thursday, Aoun is holding parliamentary consultations to appoint a new prime minister, likely to be Hariri, after a majority of MPs announced their support for him. Note that Hariri was heading the government that was forced to resign more than a year ago under pressure from the street. Rise up against the entire political class And demanding his departure under the slogan “everyone means everyone.”
In a speech broadcast by some television stations from the presidential palace, Aoun addressed the deputies saying: “I hope you will think carefully about the effects of the mandate on authorship and on reform projects and international rescue initiatives, because the The current deteriorating situation cannot continue after today, with accumulated and growing burdens on the shoulders of the citizens. “
He added: “Today I am required to commission and then participate in writing, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution. Will the person responsible for authorizing and authorizing be obliged to attend to the sites of corruption and launch the reform workshop?”
The Free Patriotic Movement of Aoun opposes appointing Hariri as prime minister. However, the majority of the deputies of the Sunni Hariri sect and other deputies announced that they would appoint him. Hezbollah has not announced its position on the appointment of Hariri, but political analysts say it is satisfied with appointing him, as evidenced by the announcement of its most prominent ally, the Amal Movement led by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, supporting Hariri to head the government.
On October 17, 2019, unprecedented popular demonstrations began in Lebanon that lasted for months and led the Hariri government to resign weeks later. In their “revolution,” the Lebanese blamed political officials who have ruled Lebanon for decades for economic and living deterioration due to the spread of corruption, compromise, neglect, and exploitation of influence.
On January 15, 2020, a government of specialists led by Hassan Diab took power for seven months, but failed to launch any reform to control the political forces.
In August, French President Emmanuel Macron intervened to help resolve the crisis, visiting Lebanon for the first time and then a second time on September 1. The second visit culminated in the announcement of an initiative that said that all political forces had agreed and that it provided for the formation of a government that would undertake reforms according to a specific program, in exchange for financial assistance from the international community.
But the political forces failed to translate their promises and Ambassador Mustafa Adib, who was appointed to form the government, failed to form the government due to political divisions.
Following Adib’s apology, on September 27 Macron gave the political forces a new period of “four to six weeks” to form a government, accusing the political class of “collective treason.”
It seems clear that the return of Hariri to the head of the government is part of the French initiative.
Hariri recently announced that he is a candidate to head the government, within the parameters of the French initiative. He said he intends to form a government of specialists that, within six months, will put the reforms on the way to implementation.
Today, Aoun accused political forces, without naming them, of obstructing reform efforts, the most recent of which was the criminal audit of the Central Bank’s accounts. “When I carried out the project of change and reform in an attempt to save the Homeland, those affected raised the barricades in my face,” he said, adding that “the reform remained as a slogan that officials and politicians repeat, and harbor otherwise”.
Aoun is being subjected to a violent campaign by a wide range of Lebanese who placed him in the ranks of all defenseless politicians and those working for their own interests.
The name Hariri is expected to enrage protesters.
France 24 / AFP
