Report: Ibrahim Holds Contacts Away From Spotlight to Heal Cabinet Rift
Several contacts away from the media spotlight were made in an attempt to mend the rift that plagued the only operating constitutional institution, as reports said that General Security chief Major Gen. Abbas Ibrahim has intervened in that regard to give momentum to a cabinet meeting set for Thursday and prevent its postponement, al-Joumhouria daily reported.
Ibrahim held a series of extensive meetings on Wednesday with officials, political leaders in addition to PM Tammam Salam in an attempt to find a solution, bring the conflicting points of views together to avoid further impasse, added the daily.
Al-Joumhouria added that a primary agreement was reached and that the cabinet will convene on Thursday as scheduled to salvage the government from obstruction, save the Premier's face and refrain from taking major decisions in the absence of the Free Patriotic Movement which threatened to boycott the meeting.
Contacts with the political factions will continue after the government meets to find a formula satisfactory to all parties, concluded the daily.
Hizbullah called Wednesday for postponing a controversial cabinet session Thursday amid a declared boycott by its main Christian ally, the Free Patriotic Movement.
Sources close to Salam have said that the PM will not postpone the session despite the FPM's declared boycott.
Source: Naharnet
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