Jumblat: Paralysis is No Longer Acceptable
Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat has said that his only concern was to keep the government functioning to take important decisions and avoid paralysis.
“My main concern is for the cabinet to continue its work to take the necessary decisions and open an extraordinary session for the parliament,” said Jumblat.
He told As Safir daily published on Monday that “it is no longer acceptable for the paralysis of state institutions, which is reflecting negatively on the citizens' interests, to continue.”
“It is their own business and right if some sides have an objection,” the lawmaker said.
The cabinet has been unable to function properly since MP Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement threatened earlier this month that its ministers would boycott cabinet sessions if Prime Minister Tammam Salam did not place a decree on the appointment of high-ranking military and security officials at the top of the agenda.
The cabinet convened last week following a three-week suspension and the FPM's ministers attended. But it failed to make the appointments, prompting Aoun to warn that he is mobilizing his supporters for street action.
The cabinet is scheduled to convene again this Thursday.
The government crisis is coupled with a legislative deadlock. The parliament has been unable to convene over the boycott of several blocs.
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