FPM: Bassil 'Did Not' Ask Miqati for Interior Ministry
The Free Patriotic Movement's central media committee issued a statement on Wednesday as a reply to an article published by Nidaa al-Watan newspaper, denying “claims” that FPM leader Jebran Bassil had asked PM-designate Najib Miqati for the Interior portfolio.
The newspaper had published in its headline that "two main obstacles are standing in the way of government formation” and that “it will be impossible to overcome these obstacles, if Bassil continues to demand the Ministry of Interior and the blocking third."
The FPM’s central media committee said in its statement that Bassil had previously told Miqati at a dinner held at his house in the presence of MP Eddy Maalouf, and later in the parliamentary consultations on Tuesday that “he did not want to discuss anything related to the government formation and its details.”
“The (FPM) committee, as well as the media office of the Prime Minister-designate, had previously denied that Bassil had asked Miqati for the Ministry of Interior,” the committee added.
Source: Naharnet
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