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Saad Hariri announced that the Lebanese president objected to “the uniqueness of the prime minister appointing Saad Hariri to appoint ministers, especially Christians, without agreeing with the presidency.”
This came in response to a statement issued by Hariri’s office on Monday in which he said: “The president-designate wants a government of non-partisan specialists to stop the collapse the country is experiencing and rebuild what was destroyed by the explosion from the port of Beirut. “
The Lebanese presidency said in a statement: “President Michel Aoun’s objection is based on the method of distributing ministerial portfolios to sects, and the proposed names have not been discussed.”
The statement added: “Aoun objected to Hariri’s uniqueness in appointing ministers, especially Christians, without agreeing with the President of the Republic, and President Aoun never submitted the names of two party candidates for Minister, nor did he deliver the Prime appointed minister a list of names. “
He noted that “the last formula proposed by Hariri to form a government differs from the formulas that he had previously consulted with Aoun.”
In response to Aoun’s statement, Hariri’s office said: “The president-designate received a list from Aoun with the names of the minister candidates at the second meeting among them, and selected 4 names of Christian personalities, in contrast to what that was said in the palace statement about the uniqueness of the president in charge of appointing Christian ministers.
The office said in a statement: “Hariri received in the last meeting with His Excellency the President a specific proposal to review the distribution of portfolios and communicate with the parliamentary blocs, leading to his representation in the formation of the government.”
The statement said that “Hariri met with the President of the Republic 12 times, in a tireless attempt to reach an understanding on the formation of a government.”
He continued: “His Excellency the President of the Republic is expected to sign the decrees to form a government, and put aside the partisan interests that pressure him, the most important of which is the requirement of a blocking third party for a team of match.
On Wednesday, Hariri announced that he had presented Michel Aoun with a cabinet lineup of 18 ministers with expertise, regardless of party affiliation.
In the same context, a statement from the Lebanese Presidency noted, at that time, that Aoun received from Hariri a government formation of 18 ministers, and delivered an “integrated proposal” on the proposed formation.
On October 22, Aoun assigned Hariri to form a government, following an apology from his predecessor, Mustafa Adib, for the failure of his mission to form it.
The next government will replace the current interim government, led by Hassan Diab, who resigned 6 days after the port explosion.
If Hariri’s government is approved, this will be his fourth time as head of government, as he took office the first in 2009, the second in 2016, while the third collapsed in October 2019, under pressure from popular protests, to be succeeded by Diab.
