Report: Upcoming Cabinet Meeting Can be 'Infected' by Lack of Quorum
Although Prime Minister Tammam Salam has called the ministers on Tuesday for a cabinet meeting this week, but there are no guarantees that it would convene successfully knowing that several ministers have not confirmed attendance as yet, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday
Until Tuesday evening, ministers of Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement have not confirmed whether they will attend or boycott the session, complementing a similar step when they boycotted the latest cabinet meeting.
Minister of Information Ramzi Jreij is on a trip abroad while Minister of Tourism Pharaon and Labor Sejaan Qazzi have not determined yet whether they will attend the meeting, according to the daily.
On Tuesday Salam called the cabinet to a session that will be held Thursday to tackle several items on the agenda.
His calls came amid fears that FPM and Hizbullah ministers might boycott the session thus hampering the government’s mechanism of decision making.
The FPM's latest boycott of the cabinet was linked to the thorny issued of military appointments.
The movement has recently warned that the country might be plunged into a “political system crisis” if the other parties do not heed the FPM's demands regarding Muslim-Christian “partnership.”
Source: Naharnet
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