Berri, Franjieh Ready to Roll Up Sleeves and Work Toward Cabinet Solution
Speaker Nabih Berri and Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh were on Monday ready to roll up their sleeves and begin to work toward a solution to the long-running Cabinet crisis.
The daily As-Safir said the countdown begins Monday as the deadline set by Berri for the formation of a new government nears.
Berri has set end-of-month deadline for the announcement of a Cabinet lineup.
As-Safir said Berri, in coordination and cooperation with President Michel Suleiman, was ready to begin work Monday toward a Cabinet solution.
Al-Nahar newspaper, meanwhile, said Franjieh was also getting ready to play a key role in helping to facilitate the formation of a government, particularly after having received a phone call from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad urging him to encourage make a Cabinet lineup possible.
Franjieh was expected to take up an initiative toward Rabiyeh in an effort to persuade Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun to show greater flexibility on ending the government impasse.