Kanaan Urges Govt. within Days as Aswad Slams March 8 Sunni MPs

MP Ibrahim Kanaan of the Free Patriotic Movement on Friday called for forming the new government “within days,” as his colleague MP Ziad Aswad lashed out at the Hizbullah-backed Consultative Gathering.

“President Michel Aoun is greatly determined to settle the government issue and the situation cannot continue without a government,” Kanaan said in an interview with Radio Sawt El Mada.

“The latest government drive and the meetings that were held have facilitated a lot of deadlocked issues, in addition to the pressing stances from the President and the Strong Lebanon bloc on the need to finalize issues withing days,” the MP added.

“The country cannot withstand any further and the challenges should be confronted by a government that should be primarily prepared to address the economic and financial issues,” Kanaan went on to say.

Firebrand MP Ziad Aswad, who belongs to the same bloc, meanwhile launched a scathing attack on the Consultative Gathering – a newly-formed grouping of six Sunni MPs who are close to Hizbullah and Damascus.

“The Consultative Gathering is encouraging demonstrations against the ruling parties and is calling for fighting corruption and corrupts... Great! Who are you, who are you against, who are you with, around which table are you sitting and who are the ruling parties?” Aswad tweeted.