Change and Reform: Our Participation in Cabinet Session Hinges on Consultations
The Change and Reform bloc did not announce on Tuesday whether it will attend Thursday's cabinet session at the Grand Serail.
Former Minister Salim Jreissati said: “Our participation in the meeting hinges on the consultations that will take place ahead of the session.”
He made his remarks after the bloc's weekly meeting.
“In order to reactivate the cabinet, we should have a government,” added Jreissati.
“Some members of cabinet should not usurp the government's decisions,” he continued.
The government is scheduled to meet on Thursday amid concerns that the Change and Reform bloc would not attend over its insistence to resolve the dispute over its decision-making mechanism and the disagreement over the security appointments.
The mechanism has been at the heart of disputes linked to the cabinet throughout 2015 in light of the vacuum in the presidency.
Lebanon has been without a head of a state since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
The vacuum has weighed heavily on the functioning of cabinet and parliament.
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