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President Nabih Berri, who for a long time handled the main aspect of the negotiations with the US side, did not stop in anyone’s mind, since the record concerns matters that do not require praise in the usual way. In the end, however, he faced a series of internal and external pressures, in a way that made it easier for him to announce a framework for the negotiations, and then he left the executive arena. But that does not mean that it has been left off the record. Rather, he will continue to be responsible from his position as Speaker of Parliament and from his political position mainly, as a representative of the resistance in power and as a representative of a political movement involved in the issue of conflict with the enemy.
The transfer of the file in its current form to the bench of President Michel Aoun did not take place smoothly or under circumstances. There is no government in the country and internal crises are getting complicated by the day. The president, as well as his immediate and distant surroundings, is subject to a new type of external and even internal pressure. From the successive American threats to put close associates on the sanctions list, to the siege to which he is exposed by his alliance with Hezbollah, to the open battle against him in the Christian street by the alliance of the church and the forces of 14 de March. However, there is an additional factor that concerns the circle close to him in the palace, the Free Patriotic Movement, and in the economic and political circles that today adopt the motto “Lebanon cannot bear the burden of the Arab-Israeli conflict or the conflict of the United States with Iran. ” All of this depends on the president’s desire to achieve a major achievement related to oil wealth, and his opinion, like that of former minister Gebran Bassil, on how to negotiate with the United States or with “Israel” on the dossier. All this led his administration to lead the process of forming the negotiating delegation in the midst of great confusion.
In practice, no one knows the actual criteria for writing the Lebanese delegation. However, the constitutional coup came directly from the presidency of the government, as President Hassan Diab announced that the composition of the delegation was not in accordance with constitutional principles. Which practically means delegitimizing it. It is a step that opens the door to question the legitimacy of the delegation, the nature of its representation and the quality of the mandate it has been given to carry out a great sovereign process. Prime Minister Diab’s objection was based on the interpretations of article 52 of the Constitution, which obliges the President of the Republic to agree with the Prime Minister on the formation of the delegation for external negotiations, and this is a position that cannot be overcome although those who are interested in the powers of the Prime Minister and those who speak out above all the great and small remain silent. However, no comment is expected from them as long as the matter relates to an urgent US demand for negotiations between Lebanon and “Israel”.
Diab said he wrote to the President of the Republic in three ways in recent days. He did not hear from him a response that reflects his respect for Article 52, while the Republican Palace departments act on the basis that the government has resigned and its president cannot make such a request. And that the constitution granted the President of the Republic the right to administer external negotiations. However, the president’s advisers know that this talk has no constitutional basis. The problem does not stop at this point. Because many forces in the country do not know the reason for the approach to which the presidential palace resorted in the formation of the delegation, pointing out that the facts indicate the following:
– President Berri and with him urged Hezbollah to leave the negotiating file to the military leadership, and tacit consultations were held between the military leadership and the political forces to install a reliable delegation that could lead this process. The army commander tended to limit the file to only soldiers.
– The objective of the negotiation is decided to define the borders, and therefore there is no absolute need for any assistance whatsoever outside the team of expert experts in maps and borders, which means that there is no justification for the presence of the employee and the Medal February, even if the need for a subsidiary talk related to oil and gas resources, then it can be used. , Directly or listening to your opinion. Unless there is pressure to impose the February participation in parallel with the participation of the Director General of the Israel Ministry of Energy. Emphasizing that these negotiations are not about gas rigs, company work, or oil extraction.
– The introduction of the expert Naguib Masih as a specialist in this world is an insult to the wound. Because the man had previously put forward a theory that completely contradicts the framework on which the specialized officer, Colonel Basbous, operates, and there is a serious difference between determining the search point on the supposed border line, and between point 1 chosen by a Christian , which makes Lebanon lose a lot, since it is the well-known rocky outcrop. Basem Bakhit is understood to be a whole island, which contradicts Basbous’s view, which goes back to Point 23, which leans towards the Palestinian border. Even the Americans, when Ambassador Hoff was assigned to work out a compromise solution, did not stop with a Christian opinion, but rather suggested what would give Lebanon a greater stake than Lebanon could have had if a Christian document were approved. . Noting that many questions were asked about the man himself as he is an American of Lebanese origin. A delegation of Lebanese representatives met him at one of the energy conferences held outside the country, before he was taken to Aoun and shot down with the “parachute” as a member of the delegation. Who can guarantee that a Christian’s loyalty will be loyal to Lebanon during negotiations? Furthermore, he is a civilian, not a military expert, so we will have increased the American mediator as a “collaborator” in the negotiation process. “ Press here.
