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The Lebanese presidency said President Michel Aoun postponed binding parliamentary consultations for a week to appoint a prime minister to form the new government in the country.
Aoun decided – according to a statement issued by the Office of Information of the Presidency of the Republic this Wednesday afternoon – to postpone the parliamentary consultations “that were scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, for a week, that is, until Thursday, October 22. this month, at the same time. “
The statement added that this occurred “at the request of some parliamentary blocs due to the emergence of difficulties that require work to resolve them,” without going into details of these difficulties.
Commenting on the decision, the office of Nabih Berri, president of Parliament and head of the Amal Movement, said in a statement issued minutes after the presidential announcement, that Berri opposes any postponement of the consultations.
Lebanese political forces face a new challenge in forming a government to replace the government of Hassan Diab, who resigned two months ago, amid the repercussions of the massive explosion in the port of Beirut, which destroyed large areas of the capital and killed about 200 people.
The Lebanese president had appointed Mustafa Adeeb to form the government, but Adeeb apologized on September 26 for not pursuing the matter.
Gebran Bassil, head of the Free Patriotic Movement and former Lebanese Foreign Minister, launched a veiled attack on former Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday for taking the lead of a government that would support French President Emmanuel Macron’s initiative to resolve the crisis in the Libano.
Bassil, who is the son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, said: “We do not know if French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed someone to oversee his initiative, and he is examining the blocks to see the extent of his commitment to the initiative.”
Hariri had started consultations with the Lebanese president, the speaker of Parliament and the political blocs on the formation of a government that would implement the roadmap presented by Macron for reforms and the launch of international aid.
Lebanon is experiencing its worst financial collapse since the 1975-1990 civil war.
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