Sources: Miqati to Announce Cabinet Lineup Based on Own Vision
Premier-designate Najib Miqati’s sources remained mum over the weekend on the consultations between him and Michel Aoun’s Change and Reform Bloc over the controversial interior ministry portfolio.
Bloc member MP Farid al-Khazen said however that the cabinet would not be formed soon and the size of the government hasn’t been settled yet.
Sources following up the cabinet formation process told An Nahar daily in remarks published Sunday that Miqati is keen on satisfying all parties. However, “this doesn’t mean they would be fully satisfied” with his decisions.
They stressed that the prime minister-designate has reached a stage where he would announce a government based on his own vision. The sources hinted that Miqati would bow out if the new cabinet doesn’t receive the parliament’s vote of confidence.
Meanwhile, other sources denied to pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat that demonstrations against the Assad regime in several Syrian cities had a “negative impact” on the formation of the Lebanese government.
They stressed that the cabinet would be formed early next week.
Asked about the demands of parliamentary blocs, the sources said: “The blocs have a say but (eventually) the prime minister settles the issue and proposes a harmonious cabinet lineup” in coordination with President Michel Suleiman.
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