Lebanon: timid reactions after Michel Aoun's proposal to end the crisis
The main political forces did not react to the end of the crisis proposed by Michel Aoun.
On the other hand, the remarks of the head of state on the fact that Lebanon is heading towards hell caused a real outcry on social networks.
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The proposal of Lebanese President Michel Aoun to abolish the community distribution of sovereign portfolios to overcome the obstacles that delay the formation of the government has elicited little reaction from the political parties.
Prime Minister-designate Moustapha Adib said he would not propose any government that does not enjoy the support of all political forces.
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With our correspondent in Beirut
,
Paul Khalifeh
Publicly, the main political forces have not reacted to the end
of the crisis proposed by Michel Aoun
.
More discreetly, contacts are continuing through the director of General Security Abbas Ibrahim.
A source from the Shiite Amal movement, which demands that the Ministry of Finance be attributed to him, contented himself, in response to President Aoun, to call for the total abolition of the denominational distribution which governs the Lebanese political system.
Bird of bad omen
On the other hand, the remarks of the head of state on the fact that Lebanon is heading towards hell and that the coffers of the central bank are empty caused a real outcry on social networks.
The hashtag "
#Nousallonsenfer
" had been shared more than 22,000 times on Monday evening on Twitter.
Many Internet users have qualified President Michel Aoun as a bad omen and criticized him for only announcing misfortunes to the Lebanese.
Protesters gathered Monday evening on a road axis near downtown Beirut chanting slogans hostile to the President of the Republic and to demand his departure.
Lebanon's president gave a pretty exceptional press briefing today, so exceptional that I felt compelled to translate the entire thing into English.
Here's an excerpt of the more choice parts, the entire English-subtitled video is here: https://t.co/ne0GJCOhue pic.twitter.com/wWJJRCOpO0
Nadim Kobeissi (@kaepora) September 21, 2020
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