Hasbani Says LF 'Facilitating' Govt. Formation

Deputy Prime Minister and caretaker Minister of Public Health Ghassan Hasbani stressed on Tuesday that the Lebanese Forces helps facilitate the government formation, stressing that all political parties should be involved in speeding up the process, the National News Agency reported.

“Everyone is concerned with the formation of the government and at the forefront are the Premier-designate (Saad Hariri) and the President (Michel Aoun),” said Hasbani.

"It is not permissible for any party to hold onto any portfolio considering it an exclusive right," said the LF minister, stressing that the Lebanese Forces is facilitating the formation process and has provided the PM-designate with an array of options.

"The LF did not adhere to any of the portfolios it used to hold, the Ministry of Health, for example," he confirmed.

"It is, however, the right of the Lebanese Forces to get proper representation out of respect for the confidence that was given to the party by the citizens in the [parliamentary] elections,” he added.