Abu Faour Says Jumblat Will Not Launch New ‘Initiative’

Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said on Monday that the cabinet’s behavior and balanced performance will help in creating a suitable environment for launching dialogue.

“We’re following this principle to deal with each other within the government,” he told An Nahar newspaper.

Abu Faour, who represents PSP leader MP Walid Jumblat in the cabinet, stressed that the lawmaker isn’t seeking to launch a “new initiative.”

However, the minister told the daily that Jumblat’s call for dialogue is because “he realized the critical situation locally and abroad.”

Abu Faour noted that the statements of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and ex-Premier Rafik Hariri have a “positive” point.

“They both stressed the importance of launching a national dialogue,” he said.

Concerning the appointments in state institutions, the newspaper quoted him as saying that “the ministries and administrations are demanded to work according to the mechanism set and agreed upon with the civil service council and the ministry of administrative development to fill the vacancies.”