S’exprimant depuis le perron du siège patriarcal de Bkerké, la député Force Libanaise Sethrida Geagea a appelé le bloc parlementaire Liban Fort du CPL à se coordonner avec le bloc parlementaire de la république forte afin d’obtenir la démission du Parlement.
Il n’y a aucun échappatoire pratique à part l’organisation d’élection parlementaires anticipées, juge la députée.
Cette visite intervenait en soutien au patriarche maronite Béchara Boutros Rahi qui s’est dernièrement exprimé en faveur de la neutralité du Liban face aux crises régionales.
Il n’y a aucun espoir de former un quelconque gouvernement avec la classe politique actuelle, juge Sethrida Geagea, indiquant que par conséquent, les FL ne sont pas impliqués dans ce processus.
“Si un gouvernement est formé, il sera la copie exacte de celui qui l’a précédé”, note la députée, qui estime alors que la situation actuelle du Liban ne pourra pas s’améliorer.
La seule solution est de former un pouvoir qui lève la main de la majorité actuelle au pouvoir, afin de pouvoir mener les réformes nécessaires.
A country without a government as the economic crisis hits it hard
Lebanon has been without government since the resignation, on August 10, of outgoing Prime Minister Hassan Diab.
The formation of a new government is considered as one of the preconditions for the relaunch of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund in order to obtain the release of financial aid from the international community in the face of the economic crisis that Lebanon is going through.
Following Mustafa Adib’s failure to form a cabinet, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who resigned following major protests in October 2019, was tasked with forming a new government in October 2020.
In an attempt to unblock the situation, the former prime minister promised the Amal movement to allocate the portfolio of the finance ministry to a member of the Shiite community. He also reiterated that Lebanon could do without a state of default, thus denying the gravity of the economic crisis however experienced by the population, with 55% of it now living below the poverty line while the economic recession has reached 29% according to some reports for the year 2020.
However, Saad Hariri’s proposals for an 18-member cabinet clash with the Presidency of the Republic, who points out that if the Shiite and Sunni communities choose their representatives, the Christian representatives in the new cabinet would also be chosen by the former. designated minister. General Aoun de facto considers that the current proposals of the Prime Minister contravene both the Lebanese constitution and the national pact.
The latter, for his part, accuses the head of state of wanting to obtain a blocking third party within his new cabinet.
