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Adeeb is close to former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who served as director of his office, before he was appointed during Mikati’s second government reign as Lebanese ambassador to Berlin. By naming Adeeb, Hariri and the former prime ministers have become part of the deal, unlike the previous time when they refrained from naming, and President Hassan Diab was brought in to form the government.
Asharq Al-Awsat learned that several names were proposed to take over, including Prime Minister Hariri’s aunt, MP Bahia Al-Hariri, MP Samir Al-Jisr and former Minister Rachid Derbas, but Hariri said “anyone it’s like it’s me, and we don’t want a direct role. ” French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrives in Beirut today (Monday), communicated yesterday by phone with Presidents Michel Aoun and Parliament, Nabih Berri, and informed them of his agreement on the name, while sources from the forces of the On March 8, Asharq Al-Awsat was told that the agreement was imposed on insistence. Macron wanted to form a consensual government and link any aid to Lebanon to a real reform process, and sources indicated that Hariri suggested three names, namely Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Aviation Company, Muhammad al-Hout, and the discriminatory prosecutor, Ghassan Oweidat, and Mustafa Adib. The source said that the agreement is not yet complete, as it is now limited to the name of the prime minister, and as for its form, it is left for further communication.
On Macron’s agenda in Beirut, several political meetings discuss ways to lift the country out of its political impasse and pressure the Lebanese political class to accelerate the formation of a government that carries out the necessary reforms.
In this context, the French president renewed his support for the efforts made to form the future government, through a contact with President Michel Aoun, during which he referred to his visit to Beirut and the current political events in Lebanon, as the Lebanese presidency reported yesterday. He will begin his tour with a meeting with the owner of “I Love You Lebanon”, Mrs. Fairouz, with a visit to her home, away from the media.
Source: Middle East
