Jumblat Slams Last-Minute Govt. Hurdles as 'Costly, Absurd'
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Monday decried “time waste” in the cabinet formation process as “very costly and absurd.”
“The time that is being wasted in the final phase of the cabinet formation process is very costly and absurd,” Jumblat warned in a tweet.
“Some do not realize the value and importance of making a settlement at the appropriate time for the sake of the country,” he lamented.
“The more we're late the more the losses will increase and there is no one to compensate us,” Jumblat cautioned.
A new obstacle emerged Monday in the cabinet formation process after a long-running standoff over the representation of the Lebanese Forces was resolved. A hurdle related to Druze representation had been settled earlier this month.
“We insist on representing the Sunni opposition in the government and those who waited the LF several months can wait for a few days,” LBCI television quoted a “Hizbullah source” as saying on Monday.
MTV meanwhile reported that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri “has not yet received the names of Hizbullah's three ministers” and that the party is insisting that Hariri should give up one of the Sunni seats.
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