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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“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.
But Zeina Akar, Wazni, and Charbel Wehbeh are reformists!
16 July 2021, 20:59
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Hariri and Aoun are two sides to the same coin. They both are losers and underdogs. Just lump them up and throw them in the garbage bin and then bring people of substance to rebuild the country. Otherwise, Lebanon will go down the drain. Anyhow, Aoun has day to live due to old age (90 years old). Isn't time for him to die and save us the hassle of his ugly face. I would be the first to celebrate when this guy dies and go to hell.
17 July 2021, 19:12
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Hariri does what MBS tells him. Who knows what MBS wants or why?
