Report: Controversial Files on Cabinet Agenda Next Thursday

The cabinet session scheduled to convene next week has a number of controversial files on its agenda to tackle mainly the issue of the State Security agency, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.

The daily added that a suggested solution to create a six-member leader authority was not approved by all political parties and that it requires a draft-law to be presented at parliament.

Christian cabinet ministers have been complaining over the alleged marginalization of the general-directorate of State Security.

The directorate had sent a bill to the cabinet on March 20, 2014 asking for the creation of a six-member leadership authority under which the director-general of State Security, Maj. Gen. George Qaraa, a Catholic, would have the casting vote.

But reports have said that the former secretary-general of the cabinet, Suhail Bouji, has paralyzed the plan by saying that the approval of the bill requires a draft-law to be adopted by the parliament unlike a decision made by the Shura Council.

The Christian ministers are also complaining that Qaraa is being snubbed during meetings of the heads of the country's security agencies.

The cabinet has also important issues on its agenda, including the airport security.

It is also set to discuss from outside the agenda the visit of U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to Lebanon and the loans promised by the international community to help the country cope with the burden of Syrian refugees.