Baabda Says New Cabinet is ‘Consensual’ Not March 8
Sources close to President Michel Suleiman have stressed that Najib Miqati’s cabinet is a “consensual government” that allows the head of state, the premier and the leader of the National Struggle Front to push it towards centrism.
The sources told al-Mustaqbal daily in remarks published Tuesday that the cabinet is consensual and allows Suleiman, Miqati and Walid Jumblat “to put their centrist touches on it.”
“Consequently, it is not a March 8 government,” the Baabda palace sources said.
They told the newspaper that Miqati’s cabinet should receive parliament’s vote of confidence, saying however that it was too early to discuss about the international community’s judgment.
The world will make its stance based on what the policy statement would include, the sources added.
The U.S. said Monday it would judge the new government "by its actions.”
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