Constitutional Council: Cabinet”s Top Priority on Tuesday
Cabinet will hold a session next Tuesday in what well-informed ministerial sources described as a meeting that should prioritize the issue of appointing remaining members of the Constitutional Council.
Al-Liwaa daily said Wednesday that the government has two important items on its agenda: First, appointing the five remaining members of the council and second, adopting the 2009 state budget and referring it to parliament which will not be able to ratify it as its ordinary session ends at the end of next week.
The sources told the newspaper that appointment of governors and the director of political affairs at the interior ministry are no longer a priority because publishing the appointments in the official gazette could take a long time and their mandate would end after the June 7 polls.
The sources stressed that cabinet should focus on appointing the rest of Constitutional Council members as long as everyone is convinced about the need to settle the issue.
Ad-Diyar daily, in its turn, quoted sources in the opposition as saying contacts are underway to reach an understanding on the items of the cabinet agenda.
The sources added that the fate of Tuesday”s cabinet session will be similar to its predecessor if agreement is not reached on the budget and appointments.