Efforts Underway between Berri, Jumblat to Solve Cabinet Crisis
Druze leader Walid Jumblat and Speaker Nabih Berri have launched an initiative to solve the government crisis and improve relations between their two blocs.
Following the 5-day parliamentary consultations, "I will try with Speaker Berri and the others to find a formula to come out of the current crisis," Jumblat told As Safir daily after a meeting with an Amal movement delegation headed by MP Ali Hassan Khalil in Clemenceau on Tuesday.
The Druze leader stressed the importance of forming a national unity government based on the 15-10-5 formula adding he will make a few suggestions to PM-designate Saad Hariri when time is ripe.
"Whoever thinks that the government issue is internal is mistaken," the PSP leader said in response to a question. He added that using internal excuses to ask for some government posts is not logical.
"I”ve heard encouraging remarks from the Amal movement delegation. What is asked for is action," Jumblat told An Nahar.
"A quick cabinet formation falls in the interest of all political forces including the resistance and Hizbullah," the PSP leader told reporters following the talks. "We will work to interpret the consultations into action to achieve a cabinet that protects the resistance and everybody else."
After confirming the strong alliance between the PSP and Amal, MP Khalil stressed "the importance of safeguarding the Taef Agreement and the Constitution."
While Khalil joined Jumblat in his "worries of an internal turmoil between the Lebanese," he confirmed Amal”s "support to the PM-designate”s mission" and concluded by saying "we are going to facilitate it to our best as we are conscious of the dangers ahead."
The MP added that the conferees decided to form a joint working paper to cooperate on economic, financial and social issues in an effort to improve bilateral ties and serve the people.
Another Amal delegation MP Hani Qobaissi told An Nahar: "The meeting was more than positive as a result of the role that the PSP leader is playing with the speaker to facilitate the formation of the cabinet."