Appointments dispute delays call for Cabinet session
A heated dispute over appointments has delayed the scheduling of a new Cabinet session, a ministerial source said.
The National News Agency later reported that an ordinary session has been scheduled for Thursday with 29 items on its agenda. A leaked copy of the agency contains no mention of the appointments.
The source had told Nidaa al-Watan newspaper that the Cabinet session had been delayed due to “the aggravation of the dispute over the appointments parcel that is supposed to be discussed around Cabinet’s table, especially as to diplomatic appointments and those of the deans of the Lebanese University.”
“This has pushed (Prime Minister Najib) Miqati to hold consultations behind the scenes in order to reconcile viewpoints regarding the appointments, which are very urgent and should be approved regardless of the ongoing political confrontations between the Baabda Palace and Mirna Chalouhi (Free Patriotic Movement’s HQ) on the one side and Ain el-Tineh on the other,” the source added.
“Should the premier manage to reach middle-ground solutions regarding the posts that should be filled, a Cabinet session will be held at the presidential palace, but should the ongoing efforts fail, the session will be held at the Grand Serail,” the source went on to say.
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