AMAL, Hizbullah to Get 3 Portfolios Each, Including Finance, Public Works
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The Shiite community will be represented by six ministerial portfolios in the new cabinet, including three for Speaker Nabih Berri and three for Hizbullah that is inclined to give one of them to a March 8 ally, a media report said.
“The finance portfolio and the public works portfolio, or one of the same caliber, will go to Berri, in addition to a third portfolio other than energy and water, which the speaker has refused that it be part of his share,” unnamed sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Tuesday.
Hizbullah wants to represent its other allies, specifically the Syrian Social National Party, with one of the three portfolios, the sources added.
Berri's AMAL Movement has clearly stated that it wants the finance portfolio while noting that “all other portfolios are negotiable.”
But while Berri's partners in the negotiations have suggested, according to al-Akhbar newspaper, that “the Taef Accord did not stipulate that the finance portfolio should always be allocated to the Shiite sect,” Berri has noted that “the Taef Accord stipulates that it should be part of the Shiite sect's share on the basis that the finance minister's signature on decrees is the only Shiite signature in the executive authority.”
“The finance portfolio was not with the Lebanese Forces so that I try to take it from them. They are the ones saying that they want to adhere to the Taef Accord,” Berri has been quoted as saying by his visitors.
The sources have also noted that the Free Patriotic Movement is also seeking to grab the finance portfolio.
08 November 2016, 16:24
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No more mafia corruption! Matters not who is the minister unless there is some sort of government agency that is empowered to stop corruption!
08 November 2016, 16:39
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Lebnanwobass... I agree with you that the SSNP are traitors... I don't believe Hezbollah is their protector. They might be allied but given the choice between FPM and SSNP, Hezbollah would choose FPM any day of the week. The Kataeb has more influence on what happens to the SSNP then Hezbollah. Hopefully Shiek Sami sides with and unites with the Christian lebanese patriots of FPM/LF then there will not be room for Murr or SSNP in the Metn electoral list.
08 November 2016, 17:21
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READ!
"Hizbullah wants to represent its other allies, specifically the Syrian Social National Party, with one of the three portfolios, the sources added."
08 November 2016, 16:49
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We in Lebanon have a unique opportunity to take advantage of the regional and international powers focus on Syria and Iraq. Iran, KSA, USA, Russia etc are more focused on Syria and Iraq then Lebanon! This is unique position for the Lebanese Republic! For the 1st time in our history, France, UK, Syria, Iran, KSA, USA and even Israel are not focused on Lebanon. We have a chance to take advantage of our independence without any real foreign interference for the 1st time since independence! Lets take it by having positive faith that good times can happen if we work together!
08 November 2016, 16:51
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Good luck and God speed to President Aoun and Prime Minister Hariri with the support of Speaker Berri!
08 November 2016, 16:58
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Christians made Berri??? That's a ridiculous comment that only takes the backwards.
08 November 2016, 17:58
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lebnanwobass, I really doubht you did that on his grave and got out alive.
Big talk you people are.
08 November 2016, 17:58
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Are there 24 cabinet seats? If Shias are, as Noam Chomsky said, more than half the national population, why aren't there at least 12 Shia ministers? Why do the Shia political parties barter away Shia rights?
08 November 2016, 18:43
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الإيكونوميست تصوّب على التركيبة الطائفية للبنان ... التمثيل البرلماني غير المتكافئ قد يشعل حرباً!
وتعرض المجلة أرقاماً حكومية رسمية تقول تظهر الى أي "مدى صار هذا التمثيل غير متوازن"، مشيرة الى أن 37 من الناخبين هم مسيحيون، وعدد بينهم 21 في المئة من الموارنة (مع 34 مقعداً برلمانيا) و29 في المئة هم من الشيعة (27 مقعداً) و28 في المئة من السنة (27 مقعداً).
http://www.annahar.com/article/494891-الإيكونوميست-تصوب-على-التركيبة-الطائفية-ة-للبنان--التمثيل-البرلماني-غير-المتكافئ
Enough with your BS and cheap propaganda. You shias represent not more than 28%.
08 November 2016, 17:59
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Whos the one crying here? Everybody gets equal power sharing here.
Also the SSNP whom are mainly christians aswell.
09 November 2016, 15:04
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lebanonwobass - I like your attitude and optimism but I'm afraid, the Lebanese are a bunch who will never change.
