Baabda Reportedly Calls Hariri's Resignation 'Total Coup'
Baabda sources have described PM-designate Saad Hariri’s resignation as a “total coup against the agreement sponsored by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and the endeavor led by Speaker Nabih Berri.”
In remarks to al-Akhbar newspaper published Friday, the sources decried “a coup against the agreement’s format, equations, balances and names.”
“After the distribution of portfolios was finalized, including the interior portfolio (Greek Orthodox) and the foreign affairs portfolio (Maronite), Hariri toppled this agreement and named all ministers by himself, before moving to topple the second part of the agreement, which stipulated that the two Christian ministers would be two independents named in agreement between the President and the PM-designate,” the sources added.
“As for the rest of the ministers, from the finance minister who has been Riad Salameh’s employee for 30 years to Lubna Misqawi who belongs to al-Mustaqbal Movement, you cannot implement reforms and meet the International Monetary Fund’s conditions with such a line-up,” the sources went on to say.
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