Report: New Options May Be Sought if Govt. Deadlock Persists for another Week
Next week may act as a final deadline for political powers to resolve the deadlock over the government, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.
Informed ministerial sources told the daily: “New options could be sought if the impasse is not resolved next week.”
They did not give further details.
All contacts that have been held have forced Prime Minister Tammam Salam to wait ahead of taking any new measures before his return from his trip to Egypt, explained the sources.
The premier is scheduled to travel to Egypt on a one-day visit where he is expected to meet with President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and other high-ranking officials.
The cabinet is facing a deadlock following the Free Patriotic Movement's insistence to tackle the contentious security appointments file ahead of any other issue, which is threatening to paralyze its work.
Last week, the government failed to agree on the appointments controversy.
FPM chief MP Michel Aoun has bluntly rejected any attempt to extend the terms of the officials.
He has been lobbying for political consensus on the appointment of Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, his son-in-law, as army chief as part of a package for the appointment of other top security officers.
Roukoz's tenure ends in October while the term of army commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji expires at the end of September.
M.T.
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