Minister: Miqati to Call for Cabinet Session Soon, Solution Has Matured

Prime Minister Najib Miqati will soon call for a Cabinet session and the solution has “matured,” Education Minister Abbas al-Halabi said.

“The parties will come together to confront the difficult circumstances,” Halabi added, in remarks to al-Jadeed TV.

He noted that a possible exit from the political crisis would be for parliament to summon the accused ex-PM and former ministers in the port blast case in order to try them before the Higher Council for the Trial of Presidents and Ministers, which would defuse the governmental standoff over Judge Tarek Bitar’s investigations.

“Information Minister George Kordahi’s resignation heralded a new phase and it will soon be crowned by a Cabinet session,” Halabi added, noting that the resignation was a “responsible step” that created a “breakthrough” in the diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia.