Geagea Hopes Berri Will be '4th Pillar' of 'Mustaqbal-FPM-LF Equation'
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea noted Friday that “a new equation comprising al-Mustaqbal Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement and the LF has started to emerge in the country,” hoping Speaker Nabih Berri will be “the fourth pillar of this equation.”
“Ties between me and Speaker Berri are friendly. They have always been friendly and will remain so,” Geagea told a delegation from the Press Syndicate when asked if there are any tensions between him and the speaker.
“Despite the conflicting viewpoints on the cabinet formation process, there is no political rivalry,” he added.
Geagea noted that the LF “has done everything possible to facilitate the formation of the cabinet,” including giving up its demand for a so-called “sovereign ministerial portfolio.”
“But it seems that some parties were seeking to address quick messages to the new presidential tenure. We are not guests in this country and, like others, we have the right to get any ministerial portfolio,” the LF leader went on to say.
He pointed out that “some parties tried to send indirect messages to President Michel Aoun that the president and the premier are not alone in charge of forming the cabinet.”
“But together with General Aoun, we will not tolerate the continuation of the hegemony era practices, seeing as we have a Constitution that stipulates that the president and the premier are the ones who form the government,” Geagea added.
After resolving the obstacle of the LF's demand for a sovereign portfolio, horsetrading is currently revolving around the services-related ministries, mainly the public works, telecommunications and energy portfolios.
While Marada Movement, backed by Berri, is insisting on getting one of the three portfolios, the LF and the FPM are reportedly rejecting such a distribution, citing Marada's opposition to Aoun's election as president.
over 7 years
the country needs all its representatives to be as one pillar....finally Aoun is the president who declared recently "no to subordination", KSA payrolls don't work any more nor the absent grant will do.
over 7 years
Try to talk about iranian payrolls for a change, weird when nassrallah wahab and co go tell us on the news that they are financed by iran every other day u just focus on the wahabi zionist fundings...
Southern go flagelate urself and chant some lobayka ya nosrollah,
lebanon surely donnot deserve a turban guy taking the role of the suprem leadder and a payed troll like wahab getting some armed millicia and bragging about it on the news...
over 7 years
Racism is like a brain tumor that sticks out of the side of your head, waves at people, and says to them, "Hi, I'm stupid!"
The proof of this is that every racist regime has some members of the despised class who front for it. I don't know who's stupider, the front-men and -women or the elite who think anybody is persuaded by the fronting. Let Berri call for the abandonment of Article 24.
over 7 years
If Christians are the majority, then they don't need Article 24 of the Lebanese Constitution, which reserves half of the seats in Parliament to Christians. Let them use their power to get it out of there and prove to the world that fair's fair in Lebanon.
over 7 years
"While Marada Movement, backed by Berri, is insisting on getting one of the three portfolios, the LF and the FPM are reportedly rejecting such a distribution, citing Marada's opposition to Aoun's election as president."
by the same token, hezbollah should not be represented in the government citing hezbollah's opposition to Hariri's appointment.
the country needs one more equation......