Majority: 15-10-5 is Not the Only Formula Under Discussion
PM-designate Saad Hariri resumes parliamentary consultations at noon Saturday with meetings with the blocs of Minister Talal Arslan and MP Suleiman Franjieh.
The second day of consultations on Friday were mainly with majority blocs including the Lebanese Forces, Phalange, al-Mustaqbal and Zahle in the Heart that stressed the opposition-backed 15-10-5 cabinet formula is one of the formulas under discussion.
An Nahar daily said Saturday the LF told Hariri that if given the choice of the 15-10-5 formula or a technocrat cabinet then it prefers the second option.
As for the Phalange bloc, it called for a national consensus government based on the 15-10-5 formula without any preconditions or a cabinet of top leaders that would also include technocrats.
Al-Mustaqbal MP Ammar Houry told An Nahar that his bloc discussed with Hariri about a technocrat, national unity and top leaders cabinet. Following discussions, conferees decided not to settle on any idea, stressing that there is no bias against the 15-10-5 formula which is one of several formulas under discussion.