Majority MPs: Our Openness Doesn”t Give Anyone the Right to Impose Conditions
Parliamentary majority MPs announced following a meeting on Monday that their openness toward a national unity cabinet does not give any political party the right to impose conditions on the premier-designate and the president.
"The majority”s openness towards the formation of a national unity government does not give anyone the right to impose conditions on" Saad Hariri and Michel Suleiman, they said in a statement read out by MP Wael Abou Faour.
A total of 67 out of 71 MPs of the parliamentary majority held the meeting in Hariri”s mansion in Qoreitem. Progressive Socialist Party leader was among the attendees who voiced "full support" for the prime minister-designate.
The statement said that the majority adheres to the Taef Accord and the equal sharing of power among Christians and Muslims. It also said the conferees abide by the constitution in cabinet formation.
The MPs slammed "attempts to distort the constitution" and said national interest should come before any other interest.
On the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that will try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s suspected assassins, Abou Faour stressed on "the need not to hurl the international tribunal in political bickering."