Report: Salam Mulls Call for Cabinet Meeting after a Halt
A decision to hold a cabinet meeting this week has not been determined yet, pending consultations between the political parties, the VDL (100.5) quoted sources at the Grand Serail on Monday.
The sources' comments came after media reports alleged that PM Tammam Salam has called for a meeting on Thursday.
The Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily reported on Monday that Salam plans to call the cabinet to session on Thursday after a three-week suspension against the backdrop of extending the terms of military and security officers,
“The Premier will call the ministers for a meeting on Thursday,” sources from the Grand Serail told the daily.
“Salam plans to put the issue of administrative appointment on the cabinet agenda,”they added.
Salam suspended the cabinet meetings after a declared boycott of the Free Patriotic Movement of the government's meetings.
The FPM, which says it opposes term extensions for all senior officers, has recently suspended its participation in cabinet sessions in the wake of the decision of Defense Minister Samir Moqbel decision to extend the term of Higher Defense Council chief Maj. Gen. Mohammed Kheir.
The movement has also suspended its participation in national dialogue meetings and threatened street protests and a “political system crisis” over accusations that the other parties in the country are not respecting the 1943 National Pact that stipulates Christian-Muslim partnership.
Source: Naharnet
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