Change and Reform: Vacuum is Fatal and We Don't Accept Policy Statement Delay
The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Tuesday warned that a power vacuum in the country would be “fatal” to its political system, urging a speedy adoption of the new cabinet's policy statement.
“Is it true that we're unable to draft an acceptable policy statement for a cabinet that will last two or three months? The cabinet's mission is preserving security and preparing for the presidential vote, so how can it preserve them through vacuum?” MP Ibrahim Kanaan said during a press conference he held after the bloc's weekly meeting in Rabiyeh.
“Amid the fiscal deficit we have, how can we continue with our disputes? We cannot accept that the policy statement be delayed,” Kanaan stressed.
He said the bloc urges “everyone who has a will to preserve the Lebanese state and stability to facilitate the work of cabinet to start preparing for the presidential and parliamentary elections because political vacuum is lethal to the political system in Lebanon.”
The ministerial panel drafting the policy statement failed anew during a tenth meeting on Tuesday to reach an agreement over a controversial clause related to resistance against Israel, deciding instead to refer the thorny debate to the council of ministers.
Separately, the MP said the bloc calls for “putting an end to discrimination between men and women at all levels.”
His remarks came after the world marked the International Women's Day on Saturday and a mass demonstration demanding an end to violence against women was held in Beirut.
“We know the extent of interest in the domestic violence law and we're with equality between men and women and if there has to be a quota, let it be 50%, although we prefer open competition between men and women,” Kanaan said.
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