Bassil Demands Finance or Interior Portfolio, Calls for Minority Representation
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Head of the Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc, caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Monday said the minorities in Lebanon should be represented in the government, adding that his bloc demands the allocation of either the Finance Ministry or the Interior Ministry in the new Cabinet.
“The bloc has demanded the representation of two minority groups, the Alawite and Syriac, in the new cabinet,” Bassil said after meeting Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri as part of consultations made by the Premier to line-up the Cabinet.
Bassil also said that the so-called “sovereign portfolios should be distributed to minority groups,” including the Druze and Alawites.
The Free Patriotic Movement chief stressed that no party has the right to adhere to specific ministerial portfolios, in an indirect reference to the AMAL Movement demand to permanently allocate the Finance Ministry.
“The time has come for the Strong Lebanon bloc to either allocate the Finance Ministry or the Interior Ministry,” he emphasized.
LBCI said the bloc has demanded the allocation of six ministerial seats other than the share allocated to President Michel Aoun (founder of the Free Patriotic Movement).
Hariri has started consultations with the various parliamentary blocs on Monday in a bid to form a new government.
28 May 2018, 14:14
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.... and the Head of the Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc, Mr. Bassil is living the high life as he books himself, family and friends several World Cup matches in Moscow that only a billionaire minister from a bankrupt country can afford.
ذكرت صحيفة “النهار” في خانة أسرار الآلهة ان حجز رئيس تيار سياسي ووزير بارز مقاعد لبعض مباريات المونديال في روسيا حيث سيشاهدها وعائلته وبعض الأصدقاء. لاحظ نواب ان ما يقوله الرئيس عون لهم لا ينطبق على ما يفعله بعض القريبين منه.
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2018/05/28/mondiale-sport-lebanon/
28 May 2018, 14:59
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Nothing wrong with that at all... except you have to set an example when you are in a leadership position. More than half the Lebanese population are under the poverty line, the economy is in shambles, unemployment is almost 40%, and national debt has hit $96 billion. If you believe he is paying for this from his own pocket then you are naive.
29 May 2018, 03:54
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This thief toured the world with an entourage of 'advisors' and hangers on at the taxpayers expense under the pretext of meeting with the Lebanese diaspora ! How many Lebanese live in Barbados or the Maldives? When he came to Las Vegas in 2 days of meetings there were 18 Lebanese who attended his meetings!
This is corruption and abuse of power.
29 May 2018, 06:19
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'Lebanon Strong' block includes Elie Ferzli, Talal Arslan, Al Ahbash, SSNP and Islamic Brotherhood coalition;)
That is Bassil/Aoun understanding of Strong Lebanon.
