Report: Govt. to Stay despite Political Tensions
The government is still present and will continue its mission despite the latest suspension of Cabinet sessions, ministerial sources said.
The political forces taking part in it “do not intend to topple it, because they have no interest in this,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Monday.
“The recent crisis over the investigative judge into the Beirut port explosion is not political but rather a judicial affair, based on the principle of separation of powers, which does not allow the government to sack the judge,” the sources added.
“Contacts are ongoing to secure the resumption of Cabinet sessions after finding the appropriate environment for their recommencement based on a middle ground judicial solution,” the sources went on to say.
The sources also noted that “the timing of sessions’ resumption is political and will be set by the President and the Premier,” pointing out that “the ministerial committees are addressing the accumulating crises, with the participation of the ministers who represent Hizbullah and Amal Movement, which is an indication that no one wants to go too far in escalation.”
Moreover, the sources said PM Najib Miqati is “playing a positive role in containing the repercussions of political tensions on the governmental situation.”
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/285177 |