Cabinet Ministers in Grace Period as Salam Set to Invite for Session Next Week
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has given ministers a one-week grace period and will likely invite the cabinet to convene early next month to resolve the government deadlock.
Ministerial sources told An Nahar daily published on Monday that Salam will “definitely” call for a cabinet session on July 2 to resolve several weeks of government paralysis.
His move will come as a part of his authorities as prime minister, they said.
Aliwaa daily also quoted sources close to Salam as saying that the PM will resort to the Constitution in setting a date for the cabinet to convene following an assessment of the consultations carried out in the past three weeks.
Salam will also likely take his decision on the date of the session following a meeting he is scheduled to hold with Speaker Nabih Berri this week, which will be like a “grace period,” the sources added.
The cabinet was paralyzed earlier this month when Free Patriotic Movement ministers said they will boycott any session whose agenda is not topped by an article on the appointment of high-ranking officers.
The FPM ministers are backed by their allies Hizbullah, the Tashnag Party and the Marada Movement.
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