Hariri, Jumblat Propose Appointment of Arslan
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat have proposed the appointment of former MP Talal Arslan for one of the three Druze Cabinet seats.
This means that it would Hizbullah would have to abandon one of the two Shiite seats in its share in return for Arslan”s appointment., the daily An Nahar wrote Tuesday.
It said the meeting took place overnight at Hariri”s so-called "Center House" in downtown Beirut.
Speaker Nabih Berri had informed the various political parties his unwillingness to abandon any of the three Shiite seats allotted for his AMAL Movement.