Distribution of Portfolios Being Studied as Pivotal Meetings in Cabinet Formation are Scheduled
Meetings and consultations have taken place away from the media spotlight to guarantee the success of the contacts over the government formation, revealed informed sources.
They told the daily An Nahar in remarks published on Monday that “pivotal” meetings over the formation are scheduled to take place in the next 24 hours.
Should the positive atmosphere in these meetings continue, then they will likely lead to positive results in the upcoming days.
Meanwhile, prominent March 8 circles stated that an agreement has been reached over the representation of the political powers where President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati, and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat will all be granted 11 ministers.
MP Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement will be granted 10 ministers, while the rest of the nine ministers will be distributed among March 8 forces, including AMAL and Hizbullah.
They said that an agreement has yet to be reached over the distribution of portfolios and the names of ministers, adding that the Interior Ministry portfolio will remain under Suleiman’s authority on condition that his candidate receive Aoun’s blessing.
As Safir newspaper reported that an agreement has been reached to grant the Change and Reform bloc ten ministers, where the FPM will be given six ministers, and the Marada Movement and Tashnag will be granted two each.
President Michel Suleiman will be given two ministers, Miqati four, Jumblat three, and MP Nicolas Fattoush one.
As for the rest of the March 8 forces, AMAL will be granted three ministers, Hizbullah two, and the remaining powers will receive one each.
The 30th minister will acquire the Interior Ministry portfolio.
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