Will new government be formed before January 27?
A week after Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam was tasked with forming the new government, meetings and contacts have intensified to reach a cabinet line-up in a swift manner, perhaps prior to the Israeli army’s Jan. 27 deadline for withdrawing from the south, media reports said.
Al-Akhbar newspaper however reported Monday that possible obstacles might “not be limited to” Salam’s negotiations with Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.
“There is competition over Sunni representation, not to mention the hurdles related to the distribution of Christian portfolios, amid the reports about the Lebanese Forces’ demand to get the foreign affairs and energy portfolios, which were part of the Free Patriotic Movement’s share” in Najib Mikati’s government, the daily said.
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