Report: Salam rejects Jaber, asks Berri to send new names
Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has reversed his approval of allotting the finance portfolio to ex-MP Yassine Jaber who is close to Speaker Nabih Berri, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Thursday.
Salam informed President Joseph Aoun in their meeting on Wednesday that “there is a main obstacle with the Amal and Hezbollah duo, in addition to disagreements over some names,” the newspaper said.
He added that “the other hurdles are solvable, seeing as he is taking the Sunni bloc for granted, and he also agrees with President Aoun that the obstacles related to Christians can be easily resolved once the problem with Shiites is settled,” the daily added.
Informed sources meanwhile told al-Akhbar that Salam called Berri after departing the Baabda Palace, asking him for “new names,” with the Speaker telling him that he “will not be late in sending the names along with Hezbollah,” advising him to “hurry up in devising a cabinet line-up and announcing it within days.”
Salam is meanwhile “totally ignoring the Free Patriotic Movement when he talks about the Christian share, as if he is seeking to push MP Jebran Bassil not to take part,” the sources added.
30 January 2025, 17:12
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Al-Akhbar newspaper “Informed sources” are the characters Ibrahim Al Amin sees in his dreams or while he's stoned.
30 January 2025, 19:06
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The event is Syria clearly showed Assad 95% election win is a mirage based on intimidation and profiteering. Hizbollah committed worse crimes than Assad and caused an even greater economic collapse, erosion of deposits and worthless currency and pensions that made 80% of Lebanese below poverty lines unable to afford food or medicine. Hizb support remains based on intimidation or people hope for promised reparations, another mirage that will never come from Iran. Our government is only getting more loans to deal with displaced and ruins. Next is gold reserve that will eliminate any hope for depositors. All experts agree that Duo has no more than 30% support of Shia, even less after realizing no money for repair (ran is bankrupt unable to provide basic services). So for justice and true representation, that if Salam cares about justice, 3 out of 5 Shia ministers should be from Shia nationalists who opposes Duo policy. Will justice be served?
