Salam 'May' Call Cabinet to Session Next Week
Prime Minister Tammam Salam is awaiting the results of various political efforts to hold a cabinet session ahead of actually calling it convene, reported As Safir newspaper on Wednesday.
He told the daily that he “may” call the cabinet to convene next week.
“We are still counting on all sides' understanding of the need to complete some affairs that are linked to the people's daily lives,” he added.
He hoped that the “upcoming obstacles” will be overcome, noting that “foreign circumstances” require us to “accomplish what we can” in order to preserve the government and internal situation.
Salam's sources told the daily al-Mustaqbal that the potential cabinet session agenda will not have contentious articles “in an attempt by the premier to facilitate the people's daily needs.”
They revealed however that the ongoing paralysis of the government has led to the accumulation of some one thousand articles.
Cabinet had last convened in December to approve a plan to export Lebanon's waste, following months of disputes to reach a solution to the problem.
Various differences among the political blocs in cabinet have hampered its meetings in wake of the ongoing vacuum in the presidency.
Debates have erupted over its decision-making mechanism, most notably from the Free Patriotic Movement, which have thwarted attempts to hold any meetings for several months.
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