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Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib announced that he and President Michel Aoun agreed to allow more time for consultations aimed at forming a new government, at a time when Hezbollah accused the United States of obstructing its formation.
Adeeb said in a brief statement on Thursday, shortly after his meeting with Aoun at the Baabda Palace, that they had agreed to wait a bit to allow more consultations, but stressed, in return, that the Lebanese do not have the luxury of time. .
He added that he has the cooperation of everyone to form an important government in accordance with the French initiative, referring to the initiative announced by French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Beirut on August 31, on the need to form a government of competencies. whose priority is to implement urgent reforms to lift Lebanon out of its economic and financial crisis. Aggravated by the devastating Beirut port explosion on the 4th of last month.
Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib was expected to meet with President Michel Aoun yesterday to brief him on the progress of the consultations, but the meeting was postponed to today amid disagreements mainly related to the distribution of ministerial portfolios.
Yesterday the 15-day deadline that Macron set for Lebanese politicians to form a government of specialists expired, but the French presidency said it is not too late to fulfill the task that is fraught with many internal and external complexities, as the formation of a government in Lebanon is subject to sectarian, regional and international balances.
Intense contacts
The last hours witnessed intense political contacts to overcome obstacles preventing the government’s announcement, as the Amal Movement and Hezbollah insist on obtaining the Ministry of Finance and appointing Shiite ministers, while Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adeeb insists in forming a non-partisan government and rotating exchanges between sects.
A source close to Adeeb quoted him as saying that he does not want to deviate from the task of forming a government of specialists.
In a statement issued after today’s meeting of its parliamentary bloc and followed by the deputy, Hezbollah announced its refusal to allow any party to name the ministers that represent it in government, and also refused to prohibit the reception of the component of the portfolio of the Ministry of Finance.
The statement emphasized the importance of the French initiative to form a government and held the US administration responsible for obstructing efforts to form it.
And former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said yesterday in a tweet on Twitter that the Finance Ministry and all other wallets are not an exclusive right for any sect, and that the refusal to rotate bags over sects is a violation of the latter. opportunity to save Lebanon.
At the same time, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt viewed the French-led efforts to lift Lebanon out of the crisis as the last chance to save the country, echoing the Paris warning that Lebanon is at risk of disappearing unless undertake the necessary reforms, which have become a condition set by Western countries to help Lebanon.
The Lebanese prime minister-designate is reported to tend to resign in the absence of a breakthrough in the formation of a government.
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