The Baabda Palace Responds to Hariri! (Video)

Following the statement of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri of Baabda on Monday, the Presidency of the Republic issued a statement in which it said: “The Presidency of the Republic was surprised by the words and style of the Prime Minister-designate, in form and content. . “

He added: “The President of the Republic, based on his powers and his desire to facilitate and accelerate the training process, especially given the harsh conditions the country is going through, sent the designated Prime Minister a document that only declares the methodology for the formation of the government and includes 4 pillars whose followers lead to the formation of a government by agreement between the President and the President-in-Charge ”.

In the columns: The first column: Ministries based on 18, 19 or 20 ministers.

The second column: the distribution of ministries among the sects, in accordance with the text of article 95 of the Constitution.

The third column: the reference to appoint the minister, after the prime minister-designate revealed that there were those who appointed their ministers, as originally shown by the formation highlighted by the president-designate.

Fourth column: Names after completion of the agreement on the naming and the name reference.

The statement emphasized that “it is regrettable that the President-designate issued, excitedly, to announce a government formation, which he presented on December 9, 2020, but which originally did not receive the approval of the President of the Republic for the Essential Elements of the composition to be completed “.

He noted that “the methodological document is well known to Prime Minister Hariri, and he had previously formed two governments on the basis of it during President Aoun’s term.”

He added: “This time, his style was different, since he was satisfied with each visit to the Republican Palace to present a government formation in most cases incomplete, and in all cases the reference of the name did not appear.”

He stressed: “The President of the Republic has a lot of interest in forming a government in accordance with the constitution, and every word that the designated prime minister and former heads of government have said before him that the president of the republic does not form, rather, it provokes a speech that contradicts the charter and the constitution and is unacceptable, because its signature to issue the author’s decree is constructive and not a publicity crisis. “” It is not allowed to turn it into a crisis of government and order unless there is a prior intention not to form a government for unknown reasons, and we will not speculate about it. “