INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BEIRUT - Before the end of the 60-day Lebanon-Israel ceasefire agreement, and a week after Judge Nawaf Salam was assigned to form a new
monopolizing the ministries of foreign affairs and energy.Reportedly, Samir Geagea, head of the Lebanese Forces (4 ministries), has also
was determined to strengthen his relationship with Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Parliament, based on a promising future and putting national
interests above anything else.For his part, President Joseph Aoun, despite announcing that he is not seeking any ministry for his team,
interior.According to sources, the prime minister-designate is in talks with figures who are supposed to have chances to hold ministerial
he intends to appoint representatives of these factions to ministerial portfolios, provided that they: (1) do not hold senior positions in
these factions; (2) sign a pledge not to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections.Given that the Interior Ministry is the Sunni share,
there is a deep disagreement between Sunni figures in this regard, especially as the minister will supervise the upcoming parliamentary
However, following the two meetings that brought Salam together with the duo, their US-prompted dream has faded.The prime minister-designate
further met with Mohammad Raad, head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc; Hussein Khalil, the political assistant to the Hezbollah
Lebanese political system since independence from the French occupation in the early fifties, until the Taif Agreement, which ended the
accompanied his nomination, but showed their willingness to overcome that in order to preserve Lebanon's interests during this critical
period.In addition to the Ministry of Finance, the duo demanded a significant service ministry, such as the Ministry of Public Works or the
Ministry of Health, expressing their complete readiness to cooperate with Salam.Meanwhile, it is not clear whether the duo will be the ones
the mechanism for governance and addressing urgent issues in the next phase.Since the signing of the Taif Agreement, successive governments
have made it a priority for the ministerial statement to clearly state the right of the Lebanese to resist and liberate the occupied
weapons along the general national defense strategy.
