Phalange to Announce Final Decision Following Rift with Hariri Over Cabinet Portfolio
Contacts continued between PM Saad Hariri and the Phalange to find a solution to the party”s protest against getting the social affairs ministry rather than the education portfolio in the new cabinet.
The Phalange politburo is expected to resume its meeting on Wednesday to announce its decision regarding the issue. It wasn”t able to agree on a final statement on Tuesday and decided to resume talks the next day.
Sources told al-Liwaa newspaper that the politburo won”t withdraw from the March 14 forces. But it would call for reform within the alliance and particularly the general-secretariat of the coalition which has postponed its weekly meeting.
Phalange”s representative in the cabinet Salim al-Sayegh didn”t attend the photo-taking session at Baabda palace on Tuesday.