Report: Hizbullah Requested that Berri Suspend his Initiative on Ending Govt. Deadlock
Efforts to form a new government are seeming more complicated with Speaker Nabih Berri halting his initiative aimed at ending the deadlock, said the daily An Nahar Sunday.
Sources monitoring the formation process revealed that Hizbullah had urged the speaker to halt the initiative without explaining the reasons for it.
Berri had suggested that a list of government candidates be presented by Hizbullah and his AMAL movement without the Free Patriotic Movement.
Premier-designate Tammam Salam would have been charged with choosing five of the candidates, who will provide the Shiite representation at the cabinet.
Amid this development, Salam's circles told the daily that he has not given up hope to form a new government, stressing that he is still seeking to form a 24-minister cabinet.
Meanwhile on Saturday, President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati had held talks over various local developments.
Salam had told As Safir newspaper Saturday: “The pace of political and security developments in the country and the region require the formation of a government that confronts the challenges of the upcoming stage along with its dangers.”
“The region's volcano is on fire,” he warned, saying the stalling in the new line-up would have severe security, economic and financial repercussions on Lebanon.
His remarks echoed a call made on Friday by Suleiman for rival parties to make “sacrifices” to facilitate the cabinet formation process.
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