Loyalty to Resistance Reiterates Warning against De Facto Cabinet
Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc warned on Thursday against forming a de facto cabinet, saying that regardless of the name given to such a council of minister, it remains “unconstitutional.”
“We call for an all-inclusive cabinet,” MP Hassan Fadlallah reiterated after the bloc's meeting.
The released statement after the meeting warned President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam against forming a de facto council of ministers.
It explained: “A de facto cabinet, regardless of the name given to it, is illegitimate, unconstitutional and does not conform to the Taif Accord.”
Political foes are currently studying a proposal suggested by the March 8 alliance on a cabinet based on the 8-8-8 lineup. Suleiman had promised that he would study the proposal put forward by Speaker Nabih Berri, and the formation currently awaits March 14 camp's decision, specifically the approval of former PM and al-Mustaqbal Party leader MP Saad Hariri.
Tackling the recent security-related developments in the country, the statement condemned the assassination of former Finance Minister Mohammed Shatah and the suicide bombing in Beirut's neighborhood of Haret Hreik.
“We lament the situation of chaos and the easiness with which people are being attacked and harmed without any reason,” it said.
“Maybe the burning of the library in (the northern city of) Tripoli, the robbing incidents and the shootings at citizens in the city require the adoption of some legal standards that prevent the repetition of such occurrences,” the MPs pointed out.
The MPs considered that “Israeli aggression threatens Lebanon's sovereignty, and that Takfiris threaten the country's identity.”
“Therefore we should overlook political considerations and build a strong country whose laws protect its citizens and that adopts a strategy that respects the army-people-resistance equation.”
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