Report: Imposing De-Facto Cabinet Faces No-Confidence Vote
In line with the efforts to form a cabinet 28 days after the designation of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, reports published in al-Rai daily on Thursday said that the parliament may not give its vote of confidence shall a de-facto cabinet be formed.
“Choosing to form a de-facto cabinet might, in the worst case, make it face a no-confidence vote of the parliament,” unnamed sources told the daily on condition of anonymity.
On Wednesday, reports said that President Michel Aoun is not pleased with the stalled efforts to form a new government one month after his election and is mulling the formation of a “realistic” cabinet shall the process witness further stalemates.
They added that the President will not accept the repetition of bitter experiences that lingered during the previous term of President Michel Suleiman when the formation process took months to complete, and is therefore mulling the formation of a "realistic cabinet not a de-facto cabinet" as one of the options.
Wrangling between political parties over the distribution of ministerial portfolios have stalled the efforts of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to line-up a new cabinet.
Last month, the parliament elected Aoun, a former general, as president ending a two-and-half-year deadlock that left Lebanon without a president.
Hariri is still facing obstacles bringing together a line-up that balances Lebanon's delicate sectarian-based political system. At stake is the distribution of the most powerful portfolios like the defense ministry and other key portfolios including the public works.
The political parties are also bickering over amending the current majoritarian or winner-takes-all election law which divides seats among the different religious sects.
The current parliament has failed to amend the law, and has extended its mandate twice amid criticism. New elections are scheduled for May 2017.
Source: Naharnet
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