Doubts surround the formation of the government in Lebanon

The two political officials will exchange criteria again at the beginning of the week in order to complete the investigation and consultation on the formation of the government.

And local media reported that the Lebanese president appreciated the proposal of the national unity government, consisting of 30 ministers, with great benefits in managing financial affairs and economic files.

At the same time, Aoun suggested the presence of all political forces in the cabinet, including the so-called change or independent representatives.

For his part, Mikati rejected the principle of rotating ministerial portfolios and presented a government that is mostly similar to the current government, where the term will be short after the start of the dispute on the first of September over the position of President of the Republic.

Al-Akhbar quoted the head of the interim government, saying that appointing new ministers will not facilitate the process of reviving the country, because appointing a president in the coming months will require another government.

From this point of view, parliamentarian Hassan Ezz El-Din called for the need to speed up the integration of the Council of Ministers and to include in its agenda issues such as electricity, water, hospitalization, medicine and everything that has a negative impact on the lives of citizens. The Lebanese.

For the head of the Baalbek-Hermel bloc, Hussein Hajj Hassan, the appointment of the government represents an urgent necessity to develop and adopt a recovery plan that provides protection for depositors’ money and in defense of the Lebanese people.

MP Melhem Khalaf stressed that he will not accept a government that shrinks parliament and demanded the rapid formation of highly qualified, visionary and experienced ministers.

From the outside, the International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) called on all political actors to form the government, because the nation “cannot afford stagnation in the face of serious economic and social challenges.”

In a statement, the group stressed the need to adhere to the constitutional calendar that began in the country on May 15 with the parliamentary elections, so that the presidential elections will be held at the end of the year on schedule.

The group insisted on adhering to the commitments made in the last April 7 agreement with the International Monetary Fund, including budget laws, capital controls, banking secrecy, and government decisions to lay a solid foundation for recovery and the sustainability of Lebanon.

He also called on Deputy Chairman of the Executive Council of Hezbollah, Sheikh Ali Damouche, to take responsibility for the integration of the new government in order to preserve the nation’s oil wealth without relying on American positions.

On June 23, President Aoun assigned Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqat to form the government after obtaining the support of 54 out of 128 deputies in parliamentary consultations.

Lebanon recognizes 18 religious sects, and the National Charter for Independence from France in 1943 stipulated that the president of the republic should be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim, the speaker of the Shiite parliament, and so on with other positions. .

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