The Lebanese Forces urged the political parties, without naming them, which it blames for delaying the cabinet formation, to stop their endeavors because “they will be proven futile,” al-Joumhouria daily reported Friday.
LF sources called on the political parties reportedly hampering the formation of the cabinet to quit the obstruction since “this method proved ineffectiveness with President Michel Aoun, and with Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri.”
The sources went on to say “if they expect Aoun to alter his national approach and practices that rely on the Constitution, they will wait for long and will bear the responsibility of prolonged disruption.”
“The new approach adopted by Aoun does not target anyone. It is intended to enforce the Constitution. The actual problem lies in those who are trying to blow this approach and obstruct it from the beginning. Their efforts will prove useless,” they concluded.
Wrangling over the distribution of ministerial portfolios lingers among the conflicting political parties, and has delayed the formation of a cabinet after aspirations that it would be lined before Independence Day on November 22.
In October, the parliament elected Aoun, a former general, as president ending a two-and-half-year deadlock that left Lebanon without a president.
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was designated on November 3 to form a new government under the tenure of Aoun but he is still facing obstacles bringing together a line-up that balances Lebanon’s delicate sectarian-based political system.
At stake is the distribution of the most powerful portfolios like the defense ministry and other key portfolios including the public works.
