The “Shiite duo”: Hariri is taking risks now

Republic: It seemed to the observers that the compositional climate continues to fluctuate between optimism and pessimism, a product of the complex of the Ministry of Finance, and the insistence of the president in charge of the small formation, and the selection of their names, in which he consulted only with those who nominated him for the third position in the hierarchy of power, without stopping in the opinion of the parliamentary and political blocs that She supported him in binding consultations, citing the French initiative.

Macron’s office confirmed yesterday that the French president, who appeared to be playing the role of a minesweeper preventing a government birth, is “pressuring Lebanese politicians to follow through on their promises to form a new government this week and work to remove the country of its worst crisis. ” “President Macron continues his contacts with various political actors in Lebanon,” Elysee said.

And there are those who point out that the “duo” may turn, if it is tried to embarrass him, to follow the option that combines opposing the method of government formation and not taking responsibility for torpedoing the French initiative, especially because Berri yesterday gave a notable signal in his press release, when he explained that the designated prime minister was informed, from “ours” and by ours, that we did not want to participate in the government, and “we informed him of our willingness to cooperate to the maximum in all that is necessary to the stability and finances of Lebanon, to undertake reforms and save its economy ”.

Furthermore, those close to the Shiite duo are surprised how Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whose adoption of responsible options in the previous stage is on record to prevent any conflict between Sunnis and Shiites, is currently risking the possibility of rekindling the sectarian embers and tensing the relationship with one of those most interested in him, President Nabih Berri. Only for manipulating the “stateco” of the Ministry of Finance at a totally inappropriate time.

The most problematic and worrying thing about the “duo” is the harassment of some by the French initiative and its delay in trying to impose unknown rules on the composition, such as placing “vetoes” on certain portfolios, monopolizing the appointment of ministers without consulting anyone , and exaggerating sensitivity to the presence of a partisan spectrum in government.

Under the “bilateral” approach, the consensual mechanism followed to appoint the designated president should be adopted in the formation of the government, while affirming the right of the designated prime minister, Mustafa Adeeb, to define acceptable criteria or controls for selection. of ministers.

But the couple considers that a writer has absolutely no right to impose names on others without understanding with them, “because ministers are, by virtue of the Lebanese system and its constitution, representatives of their sects, and therefore it is not allowed to write ignore the opinion of the main forces in those sects and cancel the results of the parliamentary elections, especially since In the end, the birth of the government requires the confidence of the parliamentary majority.