Miqati Threatens to Resign over Cabinet’s Lack of Productivity
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Prime Minister Najib Miqati hinted that he would resign if the situation in the country and the cabinet’s lack of productivity in all fields continues, As Safir newspaper reported on Thursday.
Miqati criticized the situation in Lebanon during the cabinet session that was held at the Baabda Palace on Wednesday, noting that the cabinet’s immobilization is not acceptable anymore.
Sources told the daily that the ministers reiterated the necessity of implementing the law firmly and lifting the political cover on any security violator.
According to An Nahar newspaper, Miqati expressed dissatisfaction over the recent developments.
“It seems there are several governments (in the country), I don’t understand how there are sides in this cabinet who participate in resolving crises and take decisions that safeguard the country then protest against them,” the premier told the ministers.
He added: “As if every political team considers that it’s capable of imposing its demands by force.”
Miqati warned that the departure of this cabinet is a strong signal that the countdown for the stage of collapse has begun.
He urged the ministers to seek consensus over all the disputes, calling on everyone to assume responsibilities.
“If we want a government without any productivity… I am not the appropriate person to continue with a cabinet like this,” Miqati stated.
On Tuesday, supporters of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun cut off the highway near the national museum in Beirut to express support for the army and demand the release of officers detained in the killing of two Sunni sheikhs in the northern district of Akkar in May.
Protestors and supporters of the army later blocked the Nahr el-Mot highway for several hours trapping President Michel Suleiman in the traffic.
Different areas of Lebanon have witnessed road closures in the past months.
19 July 2012, 08:22
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Now Miqati , Aooun , and others, start preparing for the after-Assad era.....
19 July 2012, 08:23
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So finally you can see what you so called "government " has brought. Instability , heavy electricty shortages, rising prices , and stupid comments. Please for gods sake resign as with all your scum in the cabinet and hand the power over to the army basta!!!!
19 July 2012, 08:33
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All the prime ministers since 1990 have been either thieves of the first degree or incompetent nincompoops.
19 July 2012, 13:12
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Yes he was. The ones who were during the civil war were working for the country even thought the media did not portray this. Had Bachir been alive we would not have been in all this mess. He was the only person loved by all.
19 July 2012, 13:55
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Thanks, Rudy!
Can someone explain to me how Miqati updated his used Hawker-Siddley to three fancy jets?
19 July 2012, 13:57
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Some people are blaming a couple of ministers for the problem. Others blame the previous governments of shortcomings and thefts. Some blame the prime minister being a puppet in the hands of Uncle Sam fearing that will interfere with his business in Africa and other places and cut off his money.
I believe the whole system should be changed. We should have young, fresh blood in the governemnt who are qualified no matter which religious background they come from. Either prove yourself or be held accountable.
19 July 2012, 15:01
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Captain: al last every Lebanese I know wants this, but how come it is not happening?
19 July 2012, 14:52
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alla la yreddo yesta2il , chater yedfa3 kafele w ytalle3 fate7 el islam mn el 7abes li attalo el jeich , ya 3abel choum 3leih kif elo 3ein ydal ra2is 7oukoume aw bl a7ra ydal bhal balad
19 July 2012, 15:38
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The "regime" in Lebanon is not led by Mikati. It is led by Nasrallah. Lebanon has a Hezbollah regime and that regime is dependent upon and its power derived, not the consent of the governed, but from Hezbollah's weapons and threat to use force to work its political agenda in Lebanon. Bas.
Now those weapons are threatened with the imminent collapse of the Assad Regime in Syria and so the Hezbollah regime in Lebanon is paralyzed.
Mikati is running a cover "government". This is not a real government as it has no power to enforce its writ anywhere in Lebanon that Hezbollah does not want the writ to be enforced. Mikati knew this when he signed on in 2011 and now the chickens are coming home to roost.
19 July 2012, 15:43
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And let us be clear, Assad may fall in Damascus, but he will not fall in Syria. He is engaged in a step by step process of strategic retreat of his forces to the Alawi Mountains with Latakia as its capital and the Alawites will hold forth from there.
The question remains, will this rump Alawite state continue to perform its resupply services for Hezbollah from the Alawite Mountains? A corridor is needed from the north to the Bekaa to serve as a substitute for the existing corridor by which weapons are transferred from western Syria into eastern Lebanon.
Assad's ally in attempting this feat --- none other than Israel. Just watch. They are long time allies Assad, Israel and Iran and they will cover for each other.
19 July 2012, 16:23
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I am having trouble following your logic. Are these educated guesses? If so, based on what? What makes you think the international community will tolerate Assad to remain in Syria? The Party of God controls the Beirut airport and seaport. Granted, smuggling weapons by air and sea will be much more exposed to military intervention and a lot more expensive but they've done bolder things...while everyone is cheering for the fall of the criminal Assad, I worry and fear what comes after. The conspiracy to turn the Middle East on its ear is in full swing now, first Saddam, next Gaddafi, then Mubarak and now Assad. Sorry but all I see is fundamentalism replacing dictatorships. None of it good for Lebanon in the long run should that entire fundamentalism movement decide to march to Israel thru Lebanon in the foreseeable future.
19 July 2012, 16:39
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Lastly, I always try to follow American Interests in the region to understand how the chess game is being played and what the desired outcome of the game is. But now, I admit I am failing miserably to uncover US interests in this mess. In the last 30 years the US always backed the Assads when they were able to gain something from them, but now…hmm, are the pieces being moved around the board to pit IRAN against the Kingdom in the end? Fundamentalist Shia against Fundamentalist Sunni? This is dirty game and way above my ability to compute but there is a conspiracy going on regardless of whether or not I understand it and history has always shown us that Lebanon always is the sacrificial lamb. Ya rabbeh tnajinah!!!
19 July 2012, 15:56
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@thepatriot, not a lot of people understand satire and cynicism, thus the thumbs down…but I get ya perfectly well. No worries.
19 July 2012, 16:05
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Where are the posts/comments from the fringe pseudo Iranian operatives since the bombing in Syria? Guess everyone is busy formulating an exit strategy? Or maybe the checks stopped coming? Interesting! I wonder what the FPM’s next move is now that the alliance with the isolated Party of God is no longer a necessary evil in the eyes of the wannabe at any expense prez. My guess a lot of oranges are going to fall from the tree and regret not being on the right side of this issue.
19 July 2012, 17:01
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I have information that Assad, long a strategic friend to the Israelis, is negotiating his Alawi ministate now with the Israelis. I do not know what interest the Israelis could have in securing Assad's survival that far from the Israeli border, I must confess. And if Assad does retreat to the Alawi Mountain, he can sustain himself there only with international support, but who would want or need him if he is limited to just the Alawi Mountain that borders Turkey to the north (hostile to Assad), Lebanon to the south (hostile Lebanese Sunnis in North Lebanon) and a hostile rest of Syria to the east.
It is a losing game for Assad, but its the only one he has left. He will not be able to hold Damascus for much longer.
