Berri Rejects Formation of Technocrat Cabinet
Speaker Nabih Berri totally rejected on Thursday the formation of a technocrat government, stressing that the Taef accord states that this kind of cabinets is no longer applicable.
“Are there any technocrat or impartial people in the country?” Berri wondered in comments published in As Safir newspaper.
He called on politicians to discuss the possibility of forming a “political government” that includes all parties.
The AMAL leader hailed Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam's rejection to hand over portfolios to any candidate that will run for the parliamentary elections, because Salam will not submit his candidacy.
However, Berri added that Salam has “no right to set a condition to appoint those who are not politicians.”
Berri and his March 8 allies are calling for a national unity cabinet. But the March 14 coalition wants a government whose members are neither political figures nor running in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
On Wednesday, Salam urged leaders to facilitate the formation of his government, reiterating rejection to the monopolization of portfolios by a single sect.
Salam has repeatedly said that his new government will be aimed at staging and overseeing the polls.
The 68-year-old lawmaker and former culture minister is widely seen as a consensus figure but politically leans towards the March 14 alliance.
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