Report: Mustaqbal Hails Aoun’s ‘Supportive’ Position, Says No Popular Moves Planned
Al-Mustaqbal Movement “does not plan” to take any popular movement on the ground in support of Hariri's rejection to allocate ministerial portfolio to the so-called independent Sunni MPs of the March 8 camp, as it hailed President Michel Aoun’s “supportive” stance, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.
Sources close to the Movement said Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri “received a deep understanding from the President especially regarding his refusal to name a member of the March 8 camp in parliament."
"It is not the first time that Aoun has shown his understanding of Hariri's position in this regard," they told the daily.
Aoun said in remarks he made on Wednesday that the new “Sunni obstacle” was “unjustified.”
On whether the President is willing to play a role to make Hizbullah drop that demand, they said: “It is in the President’s hands. He will not fail to express his opinion openly, he has already expressed it before and that will not change today.”
Hizbullah has thrown its weight behind the MPs' demand and refrained from providing Hariri with the names of its own ministers in a bid to press him to accept giving a seat to the aforementioned Sunni grouping.
Hariri’s position is “decisive,” stressed the sources, adding “the ball is in Hizbullah’s court now. Those who invented the so-called Consultative Gathering bloc of Sunni MPs are responsible to resolve this hurdle if they wish a government to be formed.”
Source: Naharnet
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/252563 |