Hariri”s Move Further Complicates Government Crisis
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah rejected the prime minister-designate”s proposed cabinet line-up, saying Saad Hariri”s move would further complicate the government problem.
"I don”t think that the method employed today takes Lebanon out of the government formation crisis. On the contrary, it further complicates the problem," Nasrallah said during an Iftar on Monday.
He also described Hariri”s move as "inappropriate" and said the Mustaqbal movement leader and his March 14 allies had not made any concessions in talks aimed at agreeing the new unity government.
He told the Iftar that the opposition would deal with Hariri”s move with "full solidarity."
The Hizbullah secretary-general said each parliamentary bloc has the right to name its ministers and the cabinet portfolios it wants.
He reiterated there is no law that prevents giving cabinet seats to candidates who had lost the elections, in reference to the majority”s rejection of Telecommunications Minister Jebran Bassil.
"Isn”t such a rejection considered hindrance to the process of Lebanese government formation?" Nasrallah wondered.