Report: Kordahi Still Clinging to His Stance on Resignation
Information Minister George Kordahi is still refusing to submit his resignation in connection with the diplomatic crisis with the Gulf countries, highly informed sources said.
Kordahi is saying that he will not resign over “a mistake that he did not commit while being information minister,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Tuesday.
“This is an extremely complicated issue and the Marada Movement and Hizbullah will not accept to sacrifice with the information minister and will not compel him to make any step, unless he voluntarily decided to resign,” the sources added.
“The issue is bigger than his statements, and this is what has been confirmed by the Saudis, as well as by Arab League envoy Hossam Zaki, who openly said that the issue has become bigger than Kordahi’s statements,” the sources went on to say.
Asked about reports claiming that Zaki has raised the issue of holding a Cabinet session involving a vote on Kordahi’s sacking with the ministers of the Shiite duo and Marada voting against it, the sources said: “We cannot confirm this issue, but anyhow, the issue of Minister Kordahi’s sacking or resignation is much more difficult than what some people believe.”
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