Cabinet to Hold First Session Next Week after Winning Confidence Vote
The cabinet is set to hold a meeting next week after President Michel Suleiman returns from Kuwait where he will attend the Arab Summit, which is expected to tackle the latest developments in Lebanon.
Sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Friday that the cabinet will hold it's first meeting after it won a confidence vote in parliament on Thursday.
Suleiman is expected to head to Kuwait on Monday to attend a two-day Arab summit.
Sources close to Prime Minister Tammam Salam told the newspaper that the premier will discuss the timing of the first session.
Salam's government garnered the support of 96 out of 101 lawmakers who attended Thursday's vote.
His 24-person Cabinet includes members of March 8 and 14 coalitions. Following more than 10 months of political wrangling, Salam cobbled together his government in February after bridging a political divide among the political forces.
The government is not expected to remain in office long. A new Cabinet should be formed after Suleiman's six-year term ends in May and a new head of state is elected.
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