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21 days after the resignation of the government of President Hassan # Diab following the explosion of the port of Beirut on August 4, this morning the binding parliamentary consultations began to appoint a new prime minister, in anticipation of the political developments that the next hours will bring. after the name of the Lebanese ambassador in Berlin, # Mustafa_Adib, was proposed to take over. This government.
The parliamentary consultations come today, hours before the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron, on a second visit to Beirut in less than a month, while repeatedly underscoring the need to implement reforms in Lebanon.
In the last hours, contacts between the political parties in Lebanon intensified, so the election focused on the most likely candidate to be appointed to the head of the government, Ali Mustafa Adeeb, after his nomination by the former prime ministers, and the adoption of a series of parliamentary blocs, among them the “strong block of Lebanon” and the Shiite binary for this nomination. Adeeb is expected to receive approximately 90 votes from the parliamentary blocs.
Al-Nahar accompanies the long day of parliamentary consultations in Baabda, and these are the most prominent positions:
The President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, began the parliamentary consultations to appoint the president in charge of forming the new government at nine in the morning, receiving former Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Ambassador Mustafa Adeeb has so far received 50 votes from the parliamentary blocs, while the “strong republic” bloc announced the nomination of Ambassador Nawaf Salam with 15 votes, and 5 MPs reserved the vote.
In the first situations, Mikati announced her nomination to Ambassador Mustafa Adeeb to form the new government, hoping that “the government will be formed as soon as possible, so that we no longer have the luxury of wasting time.”
Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived to meet with Aoun, provided the “Future” bloc attended according to the date set in the blocs’ calendar.
Al-Hariri appointed Ambassador Mustafa Adeeb to head the government and said after his meeting with Aoun: “Our goal should be to rebuild Beirut, achieve reforms and agree that the IMF will win the support of the international community and control the collapse.”
He added that “the new government must be formed quickly.”
The president also appointed Tammam Slav Adeeb to form the government, saying that “his burden will be heavy and we will support him. Officials must realize that this is the last chance for Lebanon and the Lebanese to save their homeland based on their understanding and with international and Arab support, “noting that” the country is going through a very difficult dilemma. “
In turn, President Elie Ferzli did not name anyone, said: I hesitated and reserved the name of Adeeb, and put a paper in the hand of the President of the Republic.
The “Future” bloc appointed Ambassador Mustafa Adib to form the new government.
After the “Al-Wafaa to the Resistance” bloc met with President Aoun in Baabda, the bloc chief, Muhammad Raad, said: “Aoun informed us of our agreement to assign Adeeb and showed our full readiness for a positive cooperation, and we invite everyone to such cooperation. “
Members of the “National Bloc” attended the meeting with Aoun, where MP Farid Al-Khazen said: “We decided to appoint Mr. Mustafa Adeeb as Prime Minister of Lebanon, in the hope that the government would be made up of figures of integrity and clean hand “.
He also appointed the “Democratic Rally” Mustafa Adib to form the new government, and MP Taymour Jumblatt spoke on his behalf.
He said: “We appointed Ambassador Mustafa Adeeb and we will not participate in the government,” wishing that “the government that will be formed must preserve what remains of the Taif Agreement and be formed quickly.”
He added: “Our wishes and requests for the government to be formed are great, especially early parliamentary elections, a new electoral law and a civil status.”
The “independent centrist bloc” calls on Adeeb to form a government: We hope that his mission is easy.
The “National Bloc” after the Aoun meeting: “We are with stability and strengthening of civil peace, and we want to facilitate the allocation, and we support the political consensus in the country. We told President Aoun, which is our position, that we are against the vacuum in the institutions because it weakens the logic of the institutions and the State. Therefore we are with the acceleration of the assignment and training. “.
In turn, the bloc of the consultative meeting did not appoint anyone to form the new government.
“We did not appoint anyone for many reasons, and we faced the heresy that what some Sunni heads of government call prime minister, and we were surprised to appoint a person whose political program we do not know,” Al-Walid Sukkariyah said, on his behalf.
He added: “We do not know what program was agreed between the big blocs that secretly agreed, and we wish the new government success and success in solving the country’s problems.”
The “Strong Republic” bloc participated in the parliamentary consultations in Baabda. Representative George Adwan announced, on behalf of Nawabib, the nomination of Nawaf Salam to form the government, saying: “As Lebanese forces, we came to participate in consultations to demonstrate once again that we can, through institutions, move the point view of people outside the settlements. “
He added: “The luxury of time no longer exists and the time has come for options to change the terrible reality. From this point of view we chose Nawaf Salam because there are no unknown experiences with him. We know Nawaf Salam, his international relationship and His independence, and we need people of this type and the time has come to make the decision and work to be responsible. He is responsible. “
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