Why Doesn”t Hariri Provide Potential Names and Formulas?
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri questioned why doesn”t the prime minister-designate who is working on forming a national unity government, provide potential names of individuals who could lead ministerial portfolios and present possible government structural formulas.
In an interview with the daily al-Akhbar on Saturday, Berri warned against taking a long time to form a government, adding that the longer time the process takes the more pessimistic the situation becomes.
Berri said that no one is adamant in wanting one thing alone adding that on the contrary everyone wants to participate in a national unity government.
The Speaker praised the recent Beirut meeting hosted by military intelligence that gathered the Amal, Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal movement respresentatives.
Berri described the meetings as preliminary step towards a larger reconciliation on a wider basis, hoping that this would lead to a Muslim-Christian spiritual meeting at the Dar al Fatwa in Beirut.
Berri reiterated his stance that security is the sole responsibility of the Lebanese military and security forces.