Cabinet”s Weekly Session Postponed, Saniora Responds to Aoun
President Michel Suleiman and Premier Fouad Saniora have agreed on postponing the cabinet”s weekly session scheduled for Thursday.
The daily An-Nahar said the agreement was reached during a Monday evening meeting between the two leaders who would be preoccupied with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas” visit to Beirut on Thursday.
No date has been announced for the rescheduled session pending "consultations," the report said.
Postponing the session automatically delays the possibility of naming a new commander for the Lebanese Army.
Suleiman and Defense Minister Elias Murr have reached a "full understanding" on the army commander topic, the report added without further elaboration.
Meanwhile, Premier Fouad Saniora on Monday said any official can propose a bill to the cabinet, which has the right to accept or reject it.
Saniora, talking to reporters after a meeting with President Michel Suleiman at Baabda Palace, was responding to a pledge by Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun that his parliamentary bloc would propose a bill to define the powers of the deputy premier.
Saniora, in answering questions about electoral constituencies, said it is up to parliament to decide on this issue.
"Whatever has been agreed on in Doha would be applied," Saniora stressed.