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Hizbullah Official Says 'Foreign Intervention' Delaying Cabinet Formation

A senior Hizbullah official blamed “embassies of regional countries” for the delay in the formation of Lebanon’s Cabinet, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

"It is obvious that some embassies of regional countries are hindering the government formation and pressing political parties to raise the ceiling of their demands,” Sheikh Ali Daamoush, the deputy head of Hizbullah's Executive Council, said.

He urged Lebanese parties to “disobey foreign interventions, stop the stubbornness” and lower the ceiling of demands “out of compassion for the Lebanese people who feel left to their unknown fate.”

“Saudi Arabia is delusionals to believe it can bet on (Lebanon’s) government and on increasing the quotas to compensate for its losses. Internal balance produced by the parliamentary elections are stronger and more complex than any external interference," he said.

It is not a first for Daamoush to refer to SA and blame it for the delay.

In July, he said the stalemate could be “part of a Saudi scheme.”

Hariri was tasked with forming a government on May 24, but his mission has since been delayed due to wrangling between political parties over Cabinet quotas.

Source: Naharnet


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