Mikati meets al-Rahi, says all sects were present in cabinet session
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met Monday with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi over a controversial cabinet session that had infuriated the Free Patriotic Movement.
The caretaker cabinet had convened last Monday to discuss "urgent" matters in a session boycotted by the FPM. FPM chief Jebran Bassil later blasted Hezbollah, Mikati and other parties over the session.
Mikati said after the meeting that al-Rahi had pointed out to him that consultations were necessary before holding the cabinet session.
Former President Michel Aoun and Bassil met Friday separately with al-Rahi. "A lot of rights are unprotected and the (National) Pact and the constitution are being undermined," the ex-president said.
Mikati responded Monday that "all sects were represented in the cabinet session."
"That's why conformity to the National Pact can't be an issue," the PM said from Bkirki.
Source: Naharnet
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