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Political consultations in Lebanon have resumed along the lines of forming a government based on a “revised version” of the French initiative that President Emmanuel Macron had previously launched and did not find its way to success, so it is likely that the search returns to a “technopolitical” government formula, according to sources close to the Lebanese presidency. At a time when the President of Parliament, Nabih Berri, renewed his adherence to the initiative, considering that the most important thing remains to agree on the name of a prime minister. Sources told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: “ The meeting of the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, and the Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, during his trip to Kuwait, is expected to offer his condolences to Prince Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the beginning of the week, will be an occasion to speak about the government file, which still requires further consultation. , Noting that this meeting may lead to the activation of the training process, so it is likely that the date of the parliamentary consultations will be set in the second half of next week.
Sources indicate that “after Adib’s experience, which was evaluated by the President of the Republic and the different parties, and who did not find his way to success, it seems that the rapprochement has become a techno-political government which brings together specialists and politicians, a formula that has always been convinced and promoted by President Aoun. Sources state: “Lessons must be learned from Adeeb’s experience, which is the basis of discussions between the parties and President Aoun, who assessed the experience realistically and objectively, and his action next week will be based on this evaluation. “
On the other hand, the President of Parliament, Nabih Berri, considered that the main challenge is to agree on a name for the prime minister, reaffirming his adherence to the French initiative in all its components. He said that the rest of the issues and steps are easy to agree under the roof of this initiative.
While he stated that the framework agreement on the issue of demarcation of land and maritime borders between Lebanon and Israel is a necessary step, the Speaker of Parliament said that it is not enough, and must accompany the formation of a government as soon as possible. , a government capable of saving the country from its crises and implementing what was expressed in the declaration of an agreement. The framework The framework agreement is an agreement to draw borders, no more, no less.
In turn, the secretary of the Strong Lebanon Block (Free Patriotic Movement), deputy Ibrahim Kanaan, spoke about the removal of the government file after a period of stagnation, noting that “a French movement has made up the previous initiative, which it has created a new atmosphere that is supposed to be practical and realistic this time. ” And he said in a television interview that “previous experience taught everyone, and financial, economic and security dangers push everyone on a path that proposes the possibility of reaching a result.”
Kanaan said that “the strong block of Lebanon wants two things from the government: that it be formed as soon as possible and that it implement reforms.” He stressed that “an understanding is required to protect authorship after commissioning, and the content must come before the form, and what happened in previous periods of formality on the content.” it was wrong”.
He said: “The President of the Republic considers the reforms as an absolute priority and takes care of the government file based on this approach. It does not get in the way or obstruct and focuses on content and the possibility of facilitation, as recognized by President-designate Mustafa Adib. We adhere to the office of President of the Republic. In response to a question about the possibility of accepting former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Kanaan said: “Everything is subject to agreement. Note that Hariri says that he does not want to run a government during this period. There are also ideas presented by President Najib Mikati. And all matters must be discussed and discussed. No one can determine from now on who will be the next prime minister, while what we must agree on is the required role of the government, which is reform.
In the same context, the “Central News Agency” quoted Western diplomatic sources as saying that French contacts did not cease following Adib’s apology on Saturday and the press conference held by French President Emmanuel Macron last Sunday. He noted that, in addition to “the contacts that the diplomatic and intelligence team that supports Macron had in the Lebanese file with various Lebanese personalities in order to request opinions on the possibility of reactivating the necessary consultations in order to assign a replacement for the Ambassador Adeeb within reasonable time to resume authorship efforts soon. ” They were unannounced French moves, and the most prominent meeting remained the one that outgoing French ambassador, Bruno Foche, held with Hezbollah’s foreign affairs official, former MP Ammar al-Mousawi, before leaving Beirut on Friday morning. and return to his country to mark the end of his diplomatic duties in Beirut after three years of his presence there. ».
Diplomatic sources revealed that the meeting, which the French Chancellery had previously learned, did not want to give it any official status outside the scope of the party’s opinion on recent events, following a courteous apology and the content of the press conference. of President Macron, and bet on the willingness of the party to respond, if the initiative is retaken with a new formula that prevents Repeat the mistakes made in the first stage and explore what can be done in the future.
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