More Obstacles?

 

Hizbullah gave a cautious response to the Arab plan which calls for forming a national unity government in such a way as to deny either party the right to impose its policies on the other side.

 

Arab foreign ministers on Sunday agreed on a three-point plan, namely the election of a president, forming a government of national unity and the adoption of a new electoral law.

 

Lebanon has been without a president since November 23, because of disagreements over who should hold the post, more recently over the details of a new national unity government.

 

Hizbullah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan said the opposition wanted clarifications on some aspects of the future

cabinet.

 

Mohammad Raad, head of Hizbullah”s Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc, said Hizbullah will wait to see what pursues the Arab meeting.

 

“We do not want to be pessimistic or block the route to any productive decision, particularly in a complicated matter like the Lebanese issue,” Raad said.

 

Hizbullah MP Hassan Fadlallah said the opposition will “openly discuss the Arab initiative because it (the opposition) is keen to find a solution to the political crisis.”

 

Despite the decision by the Arab foreign ministers not to support opposition veto power, Fadlallah praised their statement for addressing both the need to elect a president and form a new national unity government.