Najjar sees Constitutional Council appointments as gift
Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar told the Voice of Lebanon radio station Wednesday that he did not object to the Constitutional Council appointments, but said he preferred some candidates over others.
Najjar added that the appointments were considered "a gift" offered to the Lebanese before the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections, despite the fact that some ministers had reservations regarding some names.
Cabinet approved Tuesday the appointment of the remaining five members of the Constitutional Council. The newly appointed members of the Constitutional Council include Maronite Issam Sleiman, Orthodox Salah Mukheiber, Shiite Asaad Diab, Sunni Toufik Subra and Druze Suheil Abdel-Samad.