Hizbullah Calls for Overcoming 'Portfolio Rotation Obstacle', Warns of 'Impending Danger'
Hizbullah on Sunday called for overcoming the controversial issue of portfolio rotation which is delaying the formation of the new cabinet, noting that “some parties had deliberately created obstacles with the aim of targeting a party that represents the majority of Christians.”
“Why is there no agreement on an inclusive cabinet that represents all Lebanese according to their political and parliamentary weights and why should we keep spinning in an endless loop over the obstacle of portfolio rotation?” head of Hizbullah's juristic committee Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek said during a memorial service in Baalbek.
“Is portfolio rotation bigger than Lebanon and bigger than the impending danger that is surrounding it? Can't we overcome the obstacle of this portfolio rotation? Is there a hidden objective to push Lebanon to vacuum?” Yazbek wondered.
He warned all Lebanese that "the impending danger" will only "lead to tragedies and will not spare anyone."
"Let no one have the illusion that they can remain neutralized," Yazbek said, calling on the Lebanese to "unite and start confronting this terrorism and support the army and security forces in preserving security."
The stalled cabinet formation process faced a new hurdle after Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun rejected the rotation of ministerial portfolios among sects and political parties, drawing solidarity from his allies in the Hizbullah-led camp, who have threatened to resign en masse from any so-called fait accompli government.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Nabil Qaouq, the deputy head of Hizbullah's Executive Council, said Sunday that “the problem does not lie in the shares of Hizbullah and the Amal Movement in the cabinet, but rather in the fact that some parties had deliberately created obstacles with the aim of targeting a party that represents the majority of Christians.”
“The core of the problem is that some parties do not believe in real partnership and are renouncing it,” Qaouq added, cautioning that “a divisive cabinet will deepen the problem and further threaten the fragile stability.”
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