Presidency Denounces ‘Interference’ in Govt Process
The Presidency issued a statement on Tuesday criticizing what it said were “interventions” and statements made by political parties concerning the government formation process.
Below is the statement released by media office of the Presidency:
The Lebanese are looking forward for the formation of a new government to address the deteriorating economic and social conditions, mainly 10 months after the resignation of PM Hassan Diab and 8 months since the designation of PM Saad Hariri to form a government.
While President Michel Aoun expresses readiness to facilitate this task, we come across statements and positions from different references that interfere in the formation process intentionally or unwittingly ignoring the mechanism stipulated in the constitution, which is summarized by the necessity of agreement between the President of the Republic and the PM-designate who are exclusively concerned with the process.
Some facts have emerged in the last few days intruding on the constitutional norms, parties that thankfully volunteer to help in the formation are urged to abide by the constitution and its provisions.
The Presidency has responded to a number of suggestions to achieve a natural formation of the government, and has overlooked abuses, violations and direct targeting of the jurisdictions of the President. The artificial momentum that some people create in approaching the government formation file is not acceptable if it does not abide by Article 53 paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Constitution.
An initiative made by Speaker Nabih Berri aimed at easing the formation hurdles drove the media attention, amid reports it could be coordinated with French support.
15 June 2021, 14:54
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"Some facts have emerged in the last few days intruding on the constitutional norms, parties that thankfully volunteer to help in the formation are urged to abide by the constitution and its provisions."
Can the strong presidency point us to where in the constitution it stipulates the president has the right to name 8 or 9 ministers in any government or his son-in-law has the right to name ministers in the cabinet?
15 June 2021, 15:05
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Presidency Denounces ‘Interference’ in Govt Process
Has the president finally woken up and turned on his son in law?
15 June 2021, 16:57
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Another bullshit statement from a bullshit president. I knew from the beginning that this president is a troublesome, inept, and a bullshit president, and yet, Saad teamed up with him and also Gagaa to bring him to the presidency. So, Saad you should live with this bullshit president you chose. Big mistakes are not done by smart people. And with all honesty, you were wrong all the way in choosing this guy and you admit this terrible mistake. As for the statement from Aoun, I simply read it to laugh a bit about a person who is a lunatic. He and Basil are destroying Lebanon, and as I said before, Al Rahi should declare him not Maronite/Christian and strip him from the Christian label, because he's simply an evil man and worships the devil.
15 June 2021, 16:57
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Another bullshit statement from a bullshit president. I knew from the beginning that this president is a troublesome, inept, and a bullshit president, and yet, Saad teamed up with him and also Gagaa to bring him to the presidency. So, Saad you should live with this bullshit president you chose. Big mistakes are not done by smart people. And with all honesty, you were wrong all the way in choosing this guy and you admit this terrible mistake. As for the statement from Aoun, I simply read it to laugh a bit about a person who is a lunatic. He and Basil are destroying Lebanon, and as I said before, Al Rahi should declare him not Maronite/Christian and strip him from the Christian label, because he's simply an evil man and worships the devil.
15 June 2021, 18:11
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The decomposing senile demented deserter, who claims to lose sleep about upholding the constitution, should first sign the decree for the mandatory by-elections to replace the dead and resigned MPs. Article 41 of the Lebanese constitution, that he swore to defend, mandates the by-elections should be held within two months of parliamentary vacancies. Most of those seats have been vacant for over ten months and Aoun should have assigned a date even before Hariri was nominated.
