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Hariri removes a major obstacle to the formation of a government (Hussein Baydoun)
The head of the Movement of the Future, Saad Hariri, announced on Tuesday that he decided to help Lebanese Prime Minister Designate Mustafa Adeeb find a way out to form the government by appointing an independent finance minister from the Shiite community of his choice, as well as ministers, based on their competence, integrity and lack of party affiliation.
Hariri’s move is seen as a waiver of rotating status in ministerial portfolios, after he previously refused to limit a ministry to one sect or party, noting that the Shiite duo (Amal Movement, led by the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Hezbollah) insists not only on the finance minister, but on appointing the sect’s ministers. Shiites, raising questions about the duo’s meeting with Hariri on his concession and the abandonment of his terms.
A source familiar with the atmosphere of the recent consultations between Berri and Hariri indicated, in an interview with Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, that Berri could comply with Hariri’s initiative so as not to appear as the only obstacle to French President Emmanuel’s initiative. Macron, especially since Lebanese President Michel Aoun in turn agreed to negotiation and surrendered. The logic of joining the Ministry of Energy, as a result of the risks that Lebanon faces in the face of security instability, not just economic.
Hezbollah’s position is unlikely to contradict Berri’s position, given his delicate situation in the face of US sanctions and the open eyes for him, and finally the explosion that occurred today at his stronghold in southern Ein Qana, and before That, the explosion in the port of Beirut was related to “ammonium nitrate” materials that he was accused of storing. .
Hariri emphasized, in a statement, that his decision does not mean, in any way, an admission that the Ministry of Finance is limited to the Shiite sect or any sect of sects. She said: “It should be clear that this decision is unique and does not constitute a rule on which to form governments in the future. Rather, it is conditional on facilitating the formation of the government of President Adib, according to agreed criteria, and.
The former prime minister noted that “Lebanon, the livelihood and dignity of the Lebanese people remains greater than sectarian and political conflicts, and they deserve to neutralize the opportunity to save Lebanon from differences, no matter how great,” explaining that “with this step, the responsibility falls on those who refuse to form a government. The Lebanese, and if they continue to obstruct them, have a responsibility to lose Lebanon’s chance to stop the collapse and save the Lebanese from their current and growing miseries, God forbid.
Hariri announced that “once again I made the decision to drink poison, a decision I made only regardless of the position of the former prime ministers, knowing in advance that this decision could be qualified by some as political suicide, but I take it for the good of the Lebanese, and I am sure it represents an irreplaceable decision. ” Try to save the last chance to stop the terrible collapse and prevent Lebanon from falling into the unknown. “
The knot of the Ministry of Finance, which the Shiite duo clung to, delayed the formation of Adib for the government, and led to the extension of the deadline set by France, that is, 15 days, as part of the initiative that Macron announced during his visit to Lebanon in early September to help rebuild Beirut and help the country. Overcoming a serious economic crisis, which was also confirmed by the Lebanese president when he said yesterday that not forming a government under the current circumstances would lead Lebanon to hell.
Hariri attributed his decision to several reasons, among which the risk of Lebanon losing its last brakes due to its collapse, with what that means the risk of political, economic, life and security chaos that erupts with the mad rise in the dollar exchange rate, and with it an increase in inflation, the prices of bread and fuel, and the beginning of the loss of medicines from the markets simultaneously. With a dangerous development in the number of Corona pandemic cases. He added that after more than two weeks have passed, it has become clear that hindering the formation of the government threatens to eliminate the opportunity to achieve the reforms demanded by all Lebanese, which represent a condition to open the way for President Macron’s call to an international conference in support of Lebanon at the end of next month, and therefore of the entire French initiative.
Al-Hariri pointed out that Adeeb had already made a basic path to arrive at a miniature and integrated government formula that adheres to the agreed criteria, until a surprising obstacle arose, which was the request of the “Amal Movement” and “Hezbollah “of appointing the Shiite ministers, and limiting the finance portfolio to the callers from the Shiite community. On the basis of those who claim that this request is a constitutional right derived from the Taif Agreement, while it is a heresy that does not exist neither in the constitution nor in Taif, as he himself put it.
Former prime ministers Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora and Tamam Salam responded to Hariri’s move, emphasizing that it was a personal initiative.
The former presidents said, in a statement, that “the Lebanese constitution is very clear that there is no ministerial portfolio that can be a monopoly or an exclusive right of ministers who belong to a certain sect or sect, as well as nothing prevents, according to the constitution, without assuming power Any Lebanese, and to which sectarian or sectarian group he belongs, that is, ministerial portfolio in Lebanon. And they declared: “After the fabricated uproar that was generated around the portfolio of the Ministry of Finance, no we consider ourselves subject to this initiative. “
They emphasized that “the basic question remains for us, as it is for all Lebanese, in the importance of adhering to full respect and commitment to the principle of preserving the constitution and safeguarding it against any contravention that some may take, as a step towards the establishment of a practice or custom contrary to the text of the constitution “.
For his part, Aoun had violated the stalemate scenario with the proposal he made yesterday Monday to take the first step towards the civilization of the state, canceling the sectarian distribution of the ministries that were called “sovereignty”, and not assigning them to specific sects, but making them available to all sects, and raising the ceiling of office. Towards the “Shiite duo”, including its main ally, “Hezbollah”, but stressed, on the other hand, that the understanding of Mar Mikhael has not ended, but this does not prevent each team from expressing its opinion when there is no understanding on an issue determined.
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