The President is the Guarantee of Majority and Opposition
President Michel Suleiman expressed optimism at the positive reactions of the March 8 and 14 camps to the election results and tendency to stress on the head of state”s bigger role in the upcoming stage.
He told al-Akhbar newspaper in an interview published Friday that consensus was the ultimate objective and said the next cabinet should include both majority and opposition.
"The president is the real guarantee for the resistance”s weapons, the issue of reforms and formation of the new cabinet," Suleiman said.
He stressed that his guarantee is twofold: for the majority and the opposition.
Suleiman also voiced support for Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri”s nomination for the premiership. If Hariri is willing to nominate himself, then "I am with this wish."
On the Doha accord, Suleiman called for preserving the agreement”s spirit and said the Taef accord is the basis of national understanding.
On Friday”s cabinet session, the president said he will propose the 2009 draft budget for adoption. If agreement was not reached "then we will resort to voting."