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The consultations are frozen until after Biden assumed the presidency of the United States.
A Lebanese political source closely followed the atmosphere that prevailed in the fourteenth rounds of consultations between President Michel Aoun and the president in charge of forming the new government, Saad Hariri, that moving his training until after the end of the holidays does not necessarily mean that there is a possibility of achieving advances that push towards the formation of the government. The source confirmed to Al-Sharq al-Awsat that his deportation could be extended, perhaps until after US President-elect Joe Biden assumed the reins of the US presidency on January 20, unless Aoun decided. treat positively the ministerial training proposed by Hariri.
The political source revealed that Prime Minister Hariri blamed President Aoun at the beginning of the last round for violating his request to create a positive atmosphere at the end of the thirteenth round, through his political team, who spread a negative atmosphere without any justification. , and said that Aoun did not comment on what Hariri said in Admonishing Him.
The same source noted that he was surprised by how Aoun personally and at times through the political team at the Baabda Palace, who owes his absolute loyalty to the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, insists on adopting the unity of standards and applying the principle of rotation in the distribution of portfolios among the Lebanese sects, despite taking the initiative to violate them, and this was evident in the comprehensive proposal that he presented to Hariri without mentioning the names of the ministers nominated to take over the ministries.
He remarked that Aoun did not oppose in his comprehensive proposal to the allocation of the Ministry of Finance, and as indicated in the formation that Hariri presented to a minister of the Shiite community, nor to the other bags that were assigned to him, while he insisted in restricting the redistribution of the bags to the Christian and Sunni sects, which means that it is not about to engage in a political confrontation with the Shiites that may embarrass their ally, Hezbollah, with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri.
The source believed that the integrated proposal for Aoun carried a distribution of ministerial portfolios based on the political affiliations of the ministers, although he avoided mentioning the names of the ministers who would occupy them, and said that he had witnessed the representation of political forces, with the exception of the parties “Lebanese Forces” and “Falanges” and “Free Patriotic Movement”. The latter’s representation was replaced by restricting the ministerial quota to the presidency, and this was rejected by Hariri for two reasons: the first is that Aoun wants to overthrow the spirit of the French initiative, which stipulated the formation of an important government of specialists independent who are not affiliated with the parties, and the second is related to his insistence on getting him to obtain The guarantor or “obstructive” third party in ministerial training, seeks to circumvent what he did to the Maronite patriarch Bishara Al-Rahi of not yielding the third to any political component.
The source confirmed that Aoun wants to preserve, on behalf of Bassil, the ministries of Defense, Interior and Justice, and said he proposed a quintessential party figure to take over the interior, while objecting to Joe Sidd taking over the energy portfolio with the pretext that he is affiliated with the “forces”, although Paris supports his assignment considering that the priorities of the French initiative to rehabilitate the electricity sector as a key issue in the reform document presented by President Emmanuel Macron, after it was verified that the deficit in this sector has exceeded 40 billion dollars.
The source considered that Aoun’s refusal to consult with Hariri in the ministerial formation he presented constitutes a violation of constitutional principles, even if he signs, in agreement with the president-designate, the decree announcing the birth of the government, and attributed the The reason he is pressuring Hariri to renounce his terms, which constitutes a confiscation of the prime minister’s powers. . He confirmed that Aoun presented a list of more than 20 names to take over the ministerial portfolios, and that Hariri agreed to choose four of them, because they are specialists without the rest of names, most of whom are supporters that Basil chose, and among they were retired mayors and an announcer in the news section of one of the stations. Local television and artist affiliated with the “strong era”.
The source quoted sources close to former prime ministers as saying that Aoun is still behaving as he did during his tenure as head of the military government (1988-1990), and that his political heir, Basil, is following in his footsteps, preventing the possibility of cooperation with him, especially since he keeps suitcases. The Ministry of the Interior, Defense and Justice indicates its insistence on supporting him in his fight against corruption on the one hand, on the one hand, and in silencing and threatening his opponents, who are much less his ally, Hezbollah.
The source paused in response to Patriarch Al-Rai’s insistence to raise the ceiling on his demand to form a government as soon as possible, and said that any delay comes in response to a request from Hezbollah, which wants to deport him until later. of the beginning of the mandate of Biden, so that Iran has one of the documents to negotiate with him. How can Aoun jump over the position of Bkerke, which Hariri considers advanced and pressing, especially in light of the support he received from Pope Francis, who sent a message to the Lebanese, which Al-Ra’i read on his behalf ?
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