Miqati Reportedly Tells Aoun He'll Quit in 3 Weeks if No Govt.

W460

Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati told President Michel Aoun in their meeting on Monday that he will give himself a three-week deadline to form the new government, informed sources said.

“He won’t tolerate that his mission be prolonged any further,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Tuesday.

“PM-designate Miqati was not surprised by President Aoun’s inflexibility and his insistence on the interior and justice portfolios,” the sources added.

The daily meanwhile quoted “credible sources” as saying that the four meetings that have been so far held between Aoun and Miqati “did not witness any notable progress.”

“To the contrary, the previous obstacles are still the same and this is not reassuring,” the sources added.

The informed sources also said that Miqati does not prefer that the so-called sovereign portfolios be re-distributed “as long as there is an agreement on keeping the finance portfolio with the Shiite sect.”

Comments 4
Default-user-icon cocoman (Guest) 03 August 2021, 12:21

Lol... so quickly?? Just talk directly with Iran. Cut the middle (useless) man

Default-user-icon Warrior (Guest) 03 August 2021, 13:13

Aoun, really is the main dude who is blocking the formation of the new government. It's all about him and FPM to have their agenda secured. Even if it means to make the people of Lebanon suffer. All that matters to them is to have the control.

Thumb i.report 03 August 2021, 15:29

Good for him, he has to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. Then immediate world sanctions on the crooks if unsuccessful.

Missing peace 03 August 2021, 18:53

it takes a crook to protect crooks....