Gemayel: Cabinet was Formed After Full Coordination with Syria
Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel stressed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Najib Miqati’s new cabinet was formed after receiving a Syrian green light.
“It is obvious that the formation of the government came after full coordination” with Damascus, Gemayel told LBC TV network. “Syria will take advantage of it (the cabinet) to consolidate itself and use it as a tool in its foreign contacts or to confront the challenges that it is currently facing.”
Dubbing Miqati’s cabinet as one-sided, the former president said it won’t be able to confront challenges facing Lebanon.
The government is “shackled by clear conditions … and will shove us into a mess that we don’t know where it would lead the country to,” he told LBC.
“We had confirmed that we don’t want to interfere in Syria’s internal affairs and it would have been better for it not to meddle in our local issues,” Gemayel said.
He confirmed that the Phalange party would coordinate with its allies in the March 14 forces to make a clear stance from Miqati’s government.
Lebanon should stay committed to international resolutions, mainly 1701, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Gemayel said.
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