Gemayel Calls for End of Vacuum, Says Government Collapsed Nationally
Phalange party leader Amin Gemayel defended the call of the March 14 opposition for the formation of a new government, saying the cabinet of Premier Najib Miqati collapsed at the national level.
“The current government collapsed nationally before its collapse constitutionally,” Gemayel told An Nahar daily published Sunday. “This collapse manifested through its birth, structure and performance.”
“It's a unilateral phenomenon and consequently provocative,” he said.
Only a change of government can end the diplomatic, security and economic vacuum in the country, Gemayel said, adding a new cabinet would help prevent Lebanon's slide to a bigger conflict in the region.
The former president reiterated his call for the formation of a national salvation government that would “salvage Lebanon before it was too late.”
His comments came a day after Miqati accused the opposition of taking Lebanon toward further crisis by setting preconditions on resuming the national dialogue called for by President Michel Suleiman.
He said March 14 has the right to call for the resignation of his government but questioned the intentions behind its decision to boycott the cabinet.
March 14 intensified its call for Miqati's resignation following a massive car bombing that killed Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau chief Wissam al-Hasan and two others in an attack the opposition blamed on Syria and its allies in Lebanon.
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