Report: Mustaqbal Keen on Alliance with LF, Their Presence in Cabinet

In light of the Lebanese Forces “inclination” to ask its ministers to resign from the government, al-Mustaqbal Movement has stressed keenness on its alliance with the LF and on the “presence” of the latter in the cabinet, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

On Mustaqbal's thought shall the LF decide to resign from the cabinet, Mustaqbal sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told the daily: “We can not guess whether the LF will submit a resignation, it is their own decision. But Mustaqbal is very keen on its alliance with the LF and on its presence in the cabinet.”

The sources' remarks came after assertions made Monday by LF chief Samir Geagea who said that resignations are likely if the “violations reached the extent of normalizing relations with the Assad regime and continued attempts to approve suspicious tenders.”

Geagea who spoke from Australia while on a tour, was referring to controversial calls voiced by some political parties to open channels of communication with Syria for the return of displaced.

He was also referring to power generating ship tenders launched by Energy Minister of the Free Patriotic Movement Cesar Abi Khalil.

Tensions has been growing between the FPM and the Lebanese Forces inside and outside the government.

Media reports have quoted informed political sources as saying that the LF “has reservations over (Mustaqbal Movement leader) Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s performance and his submission to the president (Michel Aoun, founder of the FPM) in all issues.”

The LF has argued that it “sees no transparency in the government’s performance and it does not believe that the state is inclined to put an end to shady deals and the waste of public money.”