Report: 'National Unity' Cabinet Difficult to Form Amid Fight over Shares
A national unity government will be difficult to form in light of the objection of some political parties to include other political components in the cabinet or object to their share in the line-up, al-Akhbar daily reported on Friday.
“Minister Jebran Bassil rejects the share of the Marada (Movement), and the Lebanese Forces object to Kataeb's, which is not conducive to the formation of a national unity government,” well-informed sources of al-Mustaqbal told the daily.
However, they added that a meeting is expected to take place today between Bassil and Kataeb.
The Lebanese Forces argue that those who did not vote for President Michel Aoun should not be in the government.
Kataeb did not vote in favor of Aoun during the October 31 parliamentary session that saw his election, but the party pledged to support the President during his tenure.
Mustaqbal's comments intersect with rumors circulating in Ain el-Tineh, which said: “The Free Patriotic Movement and the LF want to monopolize the Christians' shares based on a previous agreement between them, forgetting that other parties have nothing to do with it. They are not taking into consideration that others have allies too, and those are an essential part of this combination.”
The sources stressed the necessity to involve all political parties and said: “If a national unity government is what is required, then they must include everyone. But if the formation of the government will be based on the mentality of winners against losers then, let them form one and we will be out of it.”
The political forces are pushing for forming the new cabinet before Independence Day, which Lebanon marks on November 22.
Source: Naharnet
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