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French President Emmanuel Macron called on Lebanese politicians to fulfill their promises to form the new government this week, a source at the Elysee said on Sunday. Macron is leading international efforts to help Lebanon resolve its crippling economic crises that have worsened after the Beirut port bombing.
The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that the latter was putting pressure on politicians. The Lebanese Deliver on his promises to form a new government this week and work to lift the country out of its worst crisis since the civil war that erupted between 1975 and 1990.
When Macron visited Beirut on September 1, the Lebanese leadership promised to form a government of specialists without partisan loyalties in about two weeks, to end a devastating economic crisis that was exacerbated by a major explosion in the port of Beirut on September 4. August.
In context, an official source said Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adeeb is expected to present his plan to form a government to President Michel Aoun on Monday, in an attempt to speed up the process that usually takes months due to disagreements over the appointment of ministers.
The position of Minister of Finance
The French presidency, without going into details of the discussions, also stated that “the (French) president continues his contacts with various political actors in Lebanon.”
Macron telephoned the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih Berri, a prominent Shiite politician, in an attempt to overcome an obstacle related to the appointment of a finance minister, the position generally held by Shiites, according to a Berri ally.
In the same vein, Qassem Hashem, a prominent politician in the parliamentary bloc, said Macron spoke with the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament on Saturday, noting that Berri insisted that the Finance Ministry remain in the hands of a Shiite figure under the quota system. sectarian practices that are applied in the country.
Berri leads the Amal movement, the Shiite party allied with Hezbollah, which enjoys broad influence in Lebanon. He said in a statement Sunday that the Amal movement opposes the current method of government formation, adding that he does not want to participate in it.
* The media office of the President of Parliament, Nabih Berri, issued the following *:
– The problem is not with the French, the problem is internal and internal.
– A single address for the government, jurisdiction, in exchange for lack of loyalty to the party, lack of parliamentary affiliation, fatwas against ministries, harassment abroad and failure to launch 1/2 consultations. pic.twitter.com/qABZTOKED0Amal Movement (@harakatamal) September 13, 2020
In return, Berri said he would cooperate to stabilize the country. She indicated that there is concern about the absence of consultations and what she described as “bullying abroad” in the formation of the government. Another Hezbollah ally, Gebran Bassil, used the same expression during a speech he gave on Sunday.
A writer wants a “total change”
Adeeb, a Sunni politician, did not make many statements, but sources said he wanted a comprehensive change in the leadership of ministries, some of which were assigned only to the same sects for years.
France developed a detailed roadmap for steps to be taken to eliminate rampant corruption in the country and to address other issues that crippled the banking sector and caused the value of the local currency, the lira, to collapse.
Political sources also indicated that Berri toughened his stance on the new government after the imposition of US sanctions a week ago on Hezbollah allies, which Washington classifies as a terrorist group, and Paris considers it to have a legitimate political role.
Macron is leading international efforts to help Lebanon resolve its economic crisis, which worsened after the massive Beirut port explosion a month ago.
France 24 / Reuters
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