Bassil”s Reappointment Issue to be Solved Soon
Jamaa Islamiya MP Imad al-Hout said in an interview to be published Monday that the issue of demands to give Telecommunications Minister Jebran Bassil a portfolio in the new cabinet will soon be solved.
Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun is insisting on reappointing his son-in-law Bassil. But he is facing stiff opposition from his foes who say that a defeated parliamentary candidate should not become a minister.
Al-Hout also told al-Liwaa newspaper that he expected the formation of the government to be complete by the end of next week.
The lawmaker believed the new cabinet formula helps in appeasing all sides, in particular Hizbullah.