Al-Mayadeen correspondent reports that 9 Lebanese ministers announced a boycott of the Lebanese caretaker government session scheduled for tomorrow, Monday, and Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s sources confirm that the session will take place according to its scheduled date.
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Lebanon: 9 ministers boycott the caretaker government session.. and my timekeeper will not cancel it
Reporter reported fields That “9 Lebanese ministers announced a boycott of the Lebanese caretaker government session scheduled for tomorrow, Monday.”
The boycotting 9 ministers are affiliated with the Free Patriotic Movement, the Tashnak Party, and former MP Talal Arslan, and they announced their “rejection of the decisions that will be issued by them, on a constitutional and charter grounds.”
By boycotting 9 ministers tomorrow, the cabinet session consisting of 24 ministers loses its quorum, as Article 10 of the decree organizes the work of the Council That “the quorum of the sessions is not complete, and the sessions are not legal except with the presence of two-thirds of the members of the Council, and no decision may be taken unless this quorum is present.”
In a joint statement, the ministers affirmed that they are “obligated to respect and preserve the constitution and not to jeopardize the constants of national balance,” announcing “their disagreement and non-acceptance of the Council of Ministers session on a constitutional and charter grounds, as well as their non-acceptance or approval of any of its decisions.”
The ministers appealed to “all fellow ministers to stand together with the constitution and national unity and not to participate in anything that harms them.”
They also called on the prime minister to “return from his call, so as not to make the situation in the country more difficult and complicated, while we can all avert dangers by resorting to the constitution and by understanding and national unity.”
Mikati’s sources: The session is scheduled
On the other hand, the sources of the Lebanese caretaker prime minister reported for the fields That “the cabinet session is scheduled for Monday,” and considered that “the statement issued by the 9 ministers who announced the boycott of the session, its sources are known, and its political cuisine is known.”
And it was Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati confirmed, Friday, that “an agenda has been set for a government session to be held next Monday morning.”
And it was stated, in the council’s agenda, that “according to Articles 62 and 64 of the constitution, the Council of Ministers, in the caretaker body, will hold a session at 11 am on Monday, the 5th of December.”
The session, which will be held in a few days, is the first government session in more than 6 months.
The government became a caretaker government after the elections last May. However, after more than 6 months, politicians in Lebanon failed to agree on the new form of government after appointing Mikati as prime minister.
AndThe Lebanese Parliament failed, for the eighth time in a rowY, Thursday, in electing a President of the Republic, despite the position being vacant for a month, as a result of deep political divisions, in the midst of an accelerating economic collapse, which the Lebanese authorities are unable to contain.
And at a time when Lebanon has witnessed an economic collapse since 2019, The World Bank ranked it among the worst in the world since 1850. It is likely that “the unprecedented political vacuum will further delay reaching any agreement on resolving the crisis and approving the necessary reforms, which will deepen the plight of the Lebanese people.”
In a report published last week, the bank warned that “the contraction in real GDP that Lebanon has witnessed since 2018, amounting to 37.3%, is among the worst contraction rates the world has witnessed.”
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