The sources reveal to Asharq Al-Awsat new details about the deliberations that took place with Aoun, and through him, Basil, on the formation of the government …



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Political sources revealed to the newspaper “Asharq Al-Awsat” new details related to the deliberations that took place with the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, and through him, the head of the “Free Patriotic Movement”, the parliamentarian Gebran Bassil, who they persuaded him to withdraw from deliberation his claim to the government’s third guarantor, in exchange for handing him over to nominate the two interior ministers. And justice in the new government.

The sources said that the crisis cell formed by French President Emmanuel Macron assigned him to keep up with contacts with the main political parties, remove obstacles that delay the birth of the government, and inquire about the reasons for his lack of commitment. as he committed to the French roadmap to save Lebanon, and they confirmed that it coincided with similar contacts he undertook. Hezbollah leadership to urge Aoun and his son-in-law to speed up the formation of the government.

Political sources indicated that members of the French Crisis Cell contacted Aoun and Bassil, and discussed with them the viability of their adhesion to the third guarantor, and their response was that they had no objection to abandoning it, in exchange for assigning the Interior and Justice to his political team, and said that these members transmitted Aoun’s proposal to the prime minister in charge of forming the government, Saad Hariri, who took the initiative to reject it, on the pretext that it constitutes an circumvention of the French initiative, and opens the door to representation of political affiliations in government. His last meeting with the President of the Republic.

Sources confirmed that the leadership of “Hezbollah” had taken the initiative to act when the political aide to its secretary general, Hussein Khalil, visited Baabda to meet with Aoun, while Basil contacted Hassan Nasrallah, in a call that did during his meeting with the official of the party’s liaison unit, Wafiq Safa.

Asharq Al-Awsat learned that Aoun and Bassil informed Nasrallah of what they had communicated to members of the French Crisis Cell, and showed their willingness to facilitate the formation of the government, provided Hariri agreed to hand them over to the interior and to the justice, which led the latter to renew his rejection of Aoun’s proposal, considering that it implies a “gift”. Mined “insists on returning it to its owner; Especially since the mere admission to him of what he asks for means that its mere approval allows the President of the Republic and his political team to control the security file, through their control over the portfolios Defense, Interior and Justice.

The sources said that “Hezbollah” took over the transmission of Aoun’s proposal, at Basil’s request, to the interested parties, without expressing its opinion on the matter, except that it had informed them that there is no justification for obtaining the third party guarantor to Unless you lose trust in your ally, that is, the party. Although they know very well that he will not give up in adversity as before.

In other words, the newspaper continued, “Hezbollah” assured Aoun and Basil that their support for them does not justify their adherence to the third party guarantor. Above all because the party urges them to facilitate the formation of the government; Because the situation has worsened, it is no longer tolerable, and now he needs to provide solutions, to lift the pressures to which he is exposed from his popular support.

But what is new in the party’s position lies in the fact that its leadership is not in the process of putting pressure on Aoun and Bassil, who, as their opponents say, handle the government formation file, and this is what she had told him about. statement to Macron’s envoy to Beirut, Patrick Dorrell, saying: Our allies, and we are with the acceleration of the formation of the government and we support their demands.



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