Aoun Calls on Arch-Foes to Swiftly Reach Settlement over Cabinet's Policy Statement
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed on Wednesday that the political arch-foes should swiftly draft the cabinet's policy statement, warning of any delay.
“The government has to start preparing for the upcoming presidential elections as soon as possible,” Aoun said in comments published in As Safir newspaper.
He warned the rival parties of the increasing international tension, which would have a negative impact on Lebanon if politicians failed to seize the opportunity to find common ground over the cabinet's policy statement “before it is too late.”
“We should swiftly agree on a settlement before the international and regional sniper gunshots hit us,” Aoun pointed out.
On Tuesday, the panel drafting the ministerial policy statement failed during its fifth session to reach agreement over the main point of contention.
The rival ministers bickered anew over the Baabda declaration and the resistance-people-army equation.
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