The “couple” is surprising … and a message from a Shiite authority to France

The circles of the “Shiite duo” confirm to the “Republic” that “it is still surprised by the sudden trend of escalation that Prime Minister Hariri is taking, and surrounded by many questions”. The same circles confirm that this “duo” adheres to the French initiative and considers that it is the only opportunity available to save Lebanon, and that it is fully willing to cooperate and provide everything that leads to the success of this initiative, which was established mainly on the basis of association and understanding, and taking into account internal balances, and this is what he confirmed. President Macron has to do with him, and not on the basis that a team prevails over a team, or of giving the right to a team to decide and stipulate the rest of the games.

In this context, the Republic also learned that one of the Shiite authorities informed those concerned about the French initiative, both French and non-French, that “the government could have been formed in a record period, and during the first week of the deadline. set by President Macron. We committed ourselves to the initiative from the beginning, hence our full approval of a government of specialists, although we preferred to go to a “technopolitical” government, and for the sake of facilitation we agreed with the government of specialists, but the party that was forming the government, and what is meant here was Prime Minister Saad Hariri, he is the one who built a wall. Faced with the composition, his insistence on forming only the government and his adherence to what he considered his right to appoint ministers regardless of the opinion of the references of the entire community, and to extract the Ministry of Finance from the Shiite participation. Otherwise, the government would have been formed today and we were discussing its ministerial statement to give it confidence in its base in the House of Representatives.

The same reference noted that “Hariri’s approach not only attracted attention, but was also interpreted as an insult to the Shiite community. This was the subject of an angry discussion at all levels of the political and religious sect, especially since this trend put aside all the historical tragedies of the sect when it was marginalized, so they are required to return us to this situation, appointing us our ministers or excluding us from the association in the procedural authority by excluding us. The Ministry of Finance is part of the Shiite stake in the government. This is not only dangerous, but it is worse than sedition. “