Political Silence after Aoun’s Speech: Will There be a National Dialogue?
President Michel Aoun is waiting to receive feedback from political leaders on his Monday speech before moving to the next step, ad-Diyar newpaper said Wednesday.
According to the newspaper, Aoun wanted to see the political forces’ reactions to take action accordingly and set a date for dialogue.
Aoun had called on Monday for an urgent national dialogue to agree on three issues -- broad administrative and financial decentralization, a defense strategy to protect Lebanon, and a financial and economic recovery plan that would include the necessary reforms and a fair distribution of losses.
Political leaders avoided to directly respond to Aoun, ad-Diyar said.
Meanwhile, informed political sources told al-Joumhouria that “there will be no dialogue nor a calling for Cabinet to convene soon,” unless a change occurs to the "inflexible" positions towards many of the issues raised by Aoun.
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