Geagea Denounces Campaigns against LF over Cabinet Representation
Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea denounced in a tweet on Monday the campaigns launched against the party asking “is it because we have done so well in the government?”
“Why this war against the Lebanese Forces’ representation in the new government? Is it because the LF ministers have done well in the caretaker government? Is this how good conduct of the State’s affairs rewarded?” asked Geagea on Twitter.
The Lebanese Forces demands the allocation of five portfolios including a key ministerial portfolio, a demand rebuked by President Michel Aoun (FPM founder) and his son-in-law FPM chief Jebran Bassil.
Wrangling between political parties over Cabinet portfolios has delayed the Cabinet formation. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was tasked with forming a new government on May 24.
The Druze share is another obstacle delaying the line-up amid insistence of Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat to get the whole Druze share strictly for his party. Druze MP Talal Arslan also demands a ministerial seat.
Source: Naharnet
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