Hariri following in Mustafa Adib’s footsteps?

The parliamentary consultations required to name the president in charge of forming the government have been postponed a full week, after today’s scheduled date, amid possibilities that seemed almost settled in favor of Saad Hariri. The “compelling reasons” for the postponement came next Thursday, in a brief statement issued by the presidential palace last night, in which it said that it occurred “at the request of some parliamentary blocs and due to the appearance of difficulties that require work to solve them “. According to the information, the delay was due to Hariri’s insistence on winning the newspaper to appoint him prime minister, and not providing guarantees to the blocs that want to appoint him, repeating the experience of Ambassador Mustafa Adeeb.

Although yesterday it was reported that the opportunity of the week provided by the postponement was due to the determination of Deputy Gebran Bassil that the transfer was preceded by a meeting or contact between him and Hariri to negotiate the formation of the government, Bassil stressed that the Postponement will not change the position of your block, which means adhering to the refusal to appoint Hariri.
On the eve of the consultations, it seemed that most of the parliamentary blocs, with the exception of the “Forces” party and the “Free Patriotic Movement”, showed a tendency to name Hariri, who made sure in his pocket that he would be charged no less of sixty parliamentary votes. In addition to the “Future” bloc, the head of the “Marada” party, Suleiman Franjieh, declared his support for Hariri, just as the voices of the Amal Movement, Tashnak and the “Independent Center” bloc would turn in his favor, amid information He spoke of the direction of the “consultative meeting” to be appointed as well, while Hezbollah’s position was maintained. unpublished.
The president of the House of Representatives, Nabih Berri, did not hide his dissatisfaction with the delay, since the channel “NBN” quoted him saying “against the delay, even for one day.” While sources from the March 8 team pointed out that Hezbollah does not object to the postponement, and may request it, in terms of its dissatisfaction with Hariri’s performance, which repeats the same experience that it lived with Ambassador Mustafa Adeeb, since it still refuses to make promises or guarantees about the formation of the government, based on momentum. International, and especially French support it. It turned out that the parliamentary delegation sent by Hariri to meet with the parliamentary blocs, led by his aunt, Representative Bahiya Hariri, did not seriously engage in any consultation, but instead asked the blocs he meets with if they still support the French initiative. .
Before the announcement of the postponement of the consultations, intense calls were registered, part of which was made by spokesman Berri, according to the information, to confirm the development of the consultations, while the Media Commission of the Socialist Party announced, in a statement , that party leader Walid Jumblatt had received a call from Hariri. According to the information, it was a “positive contact” that led to Jumblatt’s decision to change his stance towards Hariri’s appointment. Jumblatt also received, according to the statement, a call from “an advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, Patrick Dorrell, with the aim of making the French initiative a success and implementing the reforms it contained.”

Hariri repeats his experience with Adib, refusing to provide guarantees on the formation of the government.

On the other hand, the “Future” bloc headed by the representative Bahia Hariri continued its tour of the parliamentary blocs, and visited the headquarters of the “Strong Lebanon” bloc, where it met with the bloc’s secretary, Ibrahim Kanaan, while Basil was absent. of the meeting. Then the delegation visited the “consultative meeting” and met with a delegation from the “Loyalty to the Resistance” bloc. As for the “strong republic” bloc, he held a long meeting after which Samir Geagea, head of the “Forces” party, spoke and declared: “We will not name Hariri or anyone else in the consultations tomorrow, because the specifications for forming an effective rescue government are not present in any figure. “
On the other hand, the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi met with the United States Undersecretary of State for Middle East Affairs, David Schenker, accompanied by the American ambassador in Beirut, Dorothy Shea. During the meeting, Schenker expressed “a special interest in Patriarch Al-Rahi’s presentation on the neutrality of activist Lebanon”, and listened to a detailed presentation on it. He also addressed the issue of the new government, highlighting that “what matters to the United States is the formation of an effective and transparent government that provides basic services to the Lebanese people, regardless of the name of its president.”

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