Bassil: All Parties Can be Represented in 24-Member Govt., Minor Details Delaying Line-Up
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Wednesday that all parties can be represented in a 24-member cabinet, noting that only “minor details” are still delaying the line-up.
“We have agreed on the important and essential parts and there is no real reason to delay announcing the cabinet line-up except for some minor details, which might be important for some parties and less important for others,” Bassil said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabieh.
“We want a national unity cabinet that includes everyone, at least the forces that are represented in parliament,” he added.
“We are not rejecting any party and we want the Marada (Movement), the Kataeb (Party), the Syrian Social National Party, the non-Mustaqbal Sunni forces and MP Talal Arslan to be represented, even in a 24-member cabinet,” Bassil emphasized.
He added that the parties have agreed that the new government “will not establish any new norms” and that “no portfolios will be permanently allocated to a certain sect or party.”
“There will be no vetoes. We have not put a veto on anyone and in return we won't accept vetoes from anyone,” Bassil went on to say.
He noted that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is not opposed to the nomination of a Sunni minister by President Michel Aoun and “in return we have accepted that al-Mustaqbal (Movement) be represented by a Christian minister.”
Bassil also urged a new electoral law, emphasizing that “no one wants to keep the 1960 law and we must not allow anyone to keep the 1960 law.”
23 November 2016, 18:34
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Bassil: We are not opposed to the appointment of a Christian Mustaqbal minister.
...... is this for real????? What happened to those who are usurping Christian rights and appointing Christians in Parliament and cabinet that do not represent their communities!
23 November 2016, 18:39
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all they care for is their share of the cake... anyone heard one politician talk about what they intend to do to improve lebanese welfare and every day living? no, because it is the least of their concerns....
what can change in this country when it is ALWAYS the same ones in the gvt? just a musical chair game with the full approval of lebanese sheep...
i wonder why they want "elections" if all parties are to be represented in the gvt! save the money to improve the country instead !
23 November 2016, 18:40
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FPM chief Bassil after meeting of Change and Reform bloc: The next government will be an elections government and it has a specific mission.
If it is an election government, it should not comprise of anyone or any party that is running in the elections ya genius.
23 November 2016, 18:45
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sure, it seems they have no intention of improving lebanon's desperate state and the welfare of the people...and he dares say it live on TV! no shame at all...
just concerned with themselves and their share... I just pity them and their greed...
23 November 2016, 19:11
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Absolutely. When they salute each other they say : "Ta7ya Suriyah"!!!
23 November 2016, 19:36
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“We want a national unity cabinet that includes everyone"
"the_roar:
Ladies & Gentlemen: Today you listened to the future president of lebanon. Learn people learn"
23 November 2016, 20:24
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هذه هي الاسماء الشيعية التي اقترحها عون ورفض بري توزيرها
حاول الرئيس ميشال عون الاتيان بوزير مسيحي ووزيرين شيعي وسني من ضمن حصته الوزارية في الحكومة، لكن الرئيس نبيه بري كان له رأي اخر في الوزير الشيعي.
http://janoubia.com/2016/11/23/هذه-هي-الاسماء-الشيعية-التي-اقترحها-عو/
23 November 2016, 20:37
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20:30"الجديد": باسيل عرض مع نظيره القطري موضوع الصحافي المخطوف سمير كساب.
but Bassil did not discuss nizar Zakka with the iranian foreign minister during the latter's visit to Lebanon.
23 November 2016, 22:28
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The SYRIAN National Party being represented in a LEBANESE government is the utmost level of shame and disgust for any Lebanese believing in sovereignty, dignity and independence. How long must we wait until these puppet of the butcher Assad are treated as foreign agents and spies. Does it require a Cedar Revolution II to clean and disinfect Lebanon's political landscape and restore honor and freedom?
