Berri Says Made Enough Concessions, Blames Others for Cabinet Delay

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Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Wednesday that he is not to blame for the obstacles that have so far delayed lining-up a cabinet and assured that he made enough concessions to facilitate its formation.

“I am not responsible for the obstacles hampering the government formation, I made the necessary concessions to facilitate its line-up,” said Berri during his weekly meeting with MPs.

“The obstacle is somewhere else,” he went on to say.

Wrangling over the distribution of ministerial portfolios lingers among political parties.

In the same context LBCI quoted AMAL MP Ayyoub Hmayyed who said: “The Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces are the core of the problem in the formation process.”

He added: “We will mot accept to lessen (Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman) Franjieh.”

The Lebanese Forces want to be given the public works portfolio which Berri refuses to concede to any other party.

Berri insists that Franjieh is given a key ministerial portfolios, and says that he won't partake in a cabinet that does not include the Marada chief.

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Missing un520 30 November 2016, 15:37

Again, two sentences from Amal that totally contradicts eachother:
1: “I am not responsible for the obstacles hampering the government formation"
2: He added: “We will not accept to lessen (Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman) Franjieh.”

Thumb barrymore 30 November 2016, 17:24

you're focusing on the wrong guy. The chief terrorist is the one who publicly authorized Berri in every single detail regarding the cabinet formation process.

Thumb justin 30 November 2016, 17:41

Al Safir, hezbollah mouthpiece launches a vicious attack on Bassil reminding him how it was Sleiman Franjieh who called Assad and asked him to talk to the Saudi King in order to convince Hariri to remove any veto on Bassil to become a minister in Hariri's first government.. They are reminding Bassil who the boss is.

في أعنف هجوم لإعلام 8 آذار… “السفير”: أهكذا يكون الوفاء يا جبران؟
http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2016/11/29/gebran-bassil-attacked-by-the-8-of-march-media/

Default-user-icon LeDuc (Guest) 30 November 2016, 15:56

I thought Berri wanted to be in the opposition. Last time I checked, the opposition is never represented in the government.

Default-user-icon yammine motors (Guest) 30 November 2016, 17:17

berri said that he won't join without frangieh.. hezb said they won't join without berri.. berri said he'll sit as part of the opposition.. so what does nasrallah do? he puts berri in charge of negotiating on his and all m8s behalf. m8 still insisting on the so called impeding third even though aoun's block is no longer part of their share now that they have their own president block in cabinet plus their share of the FPM/LF alliance . let the same old same old obstruction continue, the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the hezb controlling m8

Thumb barrymore 30 November 2016, 17:23

again, your terrorist militia head authorized berri publicly to negotiate on its behalf in the cabinet formation process. So, instead of blaming berri ya troll blame your criminal heretic leader.

Thumb ex-fpm 30 November 2016, 18:05

DNA - 29/11/2016 إنفجرت بين عون والثنائي بري - حزب الله

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5lzuA8tnUU

Default-user-icon Berri Nasrallah (Guest) 30 November 2016, 20:05

..!لا لالمناصفة! نعم لالمثالثة

Thumb thepatriot 30 November 2016, 22:15

Who is Berri to mingle in Christian affairs!?
Fringieh is none of his business!

Thumb liberty 01 December 2016, 03:34

Beri is merely implementing nassrallah's orders.

Missing humble 01 December 2016, 02:16

Monsieur Du Barry: how many millions???