The solution depends on Macron’s visit?
– The formula of 24 specialist ministers, and here the Shiite duo loses the argument of the charter to a large extent, since all the political parties are outside it, and even if its impact on the designations is clear, such a combination may constitute a great embarrassment for the duo, and lose it a number of confrontation cards, even if it opens the door for it to practice opposition. Beyond its range.
– The formula of 30 ministers, and here the government is divided between specialists and politicians, which will pose a major problem then in terms of the charter, especially since the constitutional interpretation and precedents for that are tied to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the norms that have been established throughout the previous years, and there is more than one piece of evidence in this regard.
Note, and speaking to the sources, that what is inferred from the oath speech and the statement of the President-designate, in terms of extending a hand and not excluding him, was what was required to go to a national unity government, noting that what was reported that it would be an election government was undermined by President Salam when he meant not to mention the parliamentary elections or Election laws in his speech from the podium of the Republican Palace.
In this context, circles close to the Shiite duo indicate that the visits of French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to Beirut for congratulations will constitute a real opportunity to re-tighten the guarantees agreement, which occurred on the eve of the presidential election session, and which was overturned both during assignment consultations. What it produced, or during the formation consultations, and the positions it issued do not serve the Covenant with its two presidents, in addition to the problems it will raise.
Sources following up on what is happening indicated that intensive communications are taking place at the highest levels to resolve the contract, hoping that the direct meeting between the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister-designate on Friday will break the ice and open a loophole to start building a new page in the relationship between the two parties, the most important of which is dispelling concerns, based on The terms of his speech are from the republican palace.
The sources considered that the external meetings to be held by President Nabih Berri, which may include a meeting between the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc and President Macron at the Pine Palace, are being prepared for, and will undoubtedly have a role in resolving the complex that has arisen, especially since Paris played a key role in the arrival of… President Nawaf Salam to the Grand Serail.