Report: Cabinet to Convene Friday to Adopt Shehayyeb's Trash Plan amid FPM Boycott
Cabinet is expected to convene on Friday to adopt Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb's waste disposal plan, reported the daily al-Mustaqbal on Wednesday.
Ministerial sources said: “The session will be its last due to the obstruction of the Free Patriotic Movement.”
FPM chief MP Michel Aoun stated on Tuesday that his ministers will not attend a cabinet meeting aimed at addressing the waste crisis due to his objection to the failure to tackle the contentious issue of security promotions and appointments.
Other sources meanwhile told al-Mustaqbal that Hizbullah Ministers Mohammed Fneish and Hussein al-Hajj Hassan are expected to attend Friday's session.
The party had informed concerned officials that FPM Ministers Jebran Bassil and Elias Bou Saab will be boycotting the meeting.
Shehayyeb had held talks on Tuesday with Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on the trash crisis.
Aoun's insistence to have his son-in-law, Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, appointed as army commander has stalled the government and left it paralyzed as his ministers have boycotted the cabinet sessions.
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