Report: Jumblat's Efforts on Promotions Reach Dead-End

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Efforts exerted by Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat to resolve the cabinet crisis linked to the appointment of high-ranking military and security officials have reached a dead-end, An Nahar daily reported on Wednesday.

The newspaper said that a proposal made by Jumblat to promote a few army officers, including Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, from brigadier-general to the rank of major-general has been rejected by several Lebanese officials and the army leadership.

Jumblat had tasked Health Minister Wael Abou Faour, who is a PSP official, with holding meetings to resolve the controversial appointments that have brought cabinet sessions to a standstill.

The promotion leaves Roukoz, who is the son-in-law of Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun, in the military for another year.

Aoun wants him to become military commander and rejects the extension of the terms of high-ranking army and security officers, considering it illegitimate.

The government has been paralyzed for months over differences between the rival parties on the cabinet's decision-making mechanism and the issue of appointments.

Earlier this month, the ministers of the Free Patriotic Movement, which is now led by Aoun's other son-in-law Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, and their allies walked out of a cabinet session over these issues.

G.K.

D.A.

Comments 4
Missing humble 16 September 2015, 09:08

Caporal is a madman destroying the country for the sake of himself and his family.

Default-user-icon surfin.bird (Guest) 16 September 2015, 09:34

hello humble
I am a friend of flamethrower and co. I vote on his behalf whenever he asks me to. He asked me to ask you if you knew why he was banned and treated liked a diseased leper?

Default-user-icon the_roar (Guest) 16 September 2015, 09:36

General Aoun and Walid Jumblatt are the only 2 politicians working for the benefit of Lebanon.... the rest pfffft

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