Dialogue Parties Agree to 'Activate Cabinet, Export Garbage'
The country's political parties agreed during a national dialogue session on Tuesday to “activate the work of state institutions, especially the cabinet,” as reports said that they also decided to export the accumulating garbage as a solution to the waste disposal crisis.
“The conferees stressed the need to activate the work of state institutions, especially the cabinet, in order to address the pressing issues,” said an official statement issued after the talks in Ain al-Tineh.
Condemning the deadly suicide bombings that hit Bourj al-Barajneh, the parties lauded “the sweeping national consensus on deploring it and the solidarity that was expressed by all political parties in the face of terrorism.”
They also praised the efforts of security agencies, “which managed to unveil all the details of this crime and arrest the culprits in record time,” underlining the importance of “maintaining coordination among them (security agencies) to preserve stability and foil any terrorist plots.”
The next session will be held on November 25.
Tuesday's session was attended by Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun, who had sent a representative to many previous meetings, amid the absence of the Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb Party.
According to information obtained by LBCI television, the conferees “discussed the issue of exporting garbage” and the need to “schedule a cabinet session” to approve this step upon the completion of the preparations.
“The session was very beneficial but things need patience,” Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat told reporters after the dialogue session.
During the meeting, Aoun said that the new electoral law must ensure “fairness and proper representation” and must “rectify the flaws without any ambiguity.”
“The war of terrorism has become global,” he added, noting that “it must be confronted through a comprehensive plan, not partial solutions.”
Y.R.
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