Govt. to approve security appointments Thursday after agreements reached

Consultations between President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam have led to agreements over security appointments, which will be approved in one batch in Thursday’s cabinet session, media reports said.

Brig. Gen. Rudolph Haykal will be named army chief, Brig. Gen. Hassan Shqeir will be named General Security chief, Brig. Gen. Edgard Lawandos will be named State Security chief while Brig. Gen. Raed Abdallah will be appointed Internal Security Forces chief, the reports said.

The agreements were reached after the “Sunni and Shiite hurdles” were resolved, with Aoun and Berri agreeing on Shqeir for the General Security chief post.

The PSP’s al-Anbaa news portal meanwhile reported that the judicial appointments have also been put on the front burner, following talks between Aoun, Justice Minister Adel Nassar and Higher Judicial Council chief Judge Suheil Abboud.