Report: Decision taken to hold cabinet session in January

A political decision has been taken to call for a caretaker cabinet session in the beginning of the new year, a media report said on Saturday.

“The political decision has been taken, but the logistical details remain pending, seeing as the session cannot be held in the first week of the new year due to the presence of most ministers outside the country where they will be spending their vacations,” ministerial sources told al-Akhbar newspaper.

“Most of them won’t return before the end of next week,” the sources added.

As for the session’s agenda, the sources said that it is yet to be finalized but noted that the issue of approving a treasury loan for electricity will be the main topic, after caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim signed a decree related to military promotions.

The sources also noted that the session “also hinges of the outcome of the political contacts that will be resumed after the holidays, especially amid the rejection of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Christian forces of the principle of the call (for the session).”

“Energy Minister Walid Fayyad also needs to announce a stance, seeing as he the minister concerned with the electricity file,” the sources added.