Abu Zaid added - in an interview to the episode (28/8/2020) of the "Beyond the News" program - that there is a state of disintegration of the political forces, for the March 8 team is disbanded, as is the March 14 team, as well as the popular forces that have recently disintegrated and did not agree. On a clear program.
Abu Zeid indicated that some are gaining strength abroad, despite the conflicting interests of the interfering countries in the Lebanese affairs.
The Lebanese presidency had set next Monday as a date for binding parliamentary consultations, to name a new prime minister. Intense contacts have begun between the various political forces to agree on the name of the next prime minister, and parliamentary consultations are taking place, hours before the French president's second visit to Beirut.
The meetings and contacts between the political forces intensified in an attempt to forge a consensus prior to the start of binding parliamentary consultations. Political sources revealed that the Lebanese parties received a French vision to solve the crisis based on the acceleration of the formation of a government of competencies that would work on drawing up a reform plan and organizing legislative elections within a year.
In parallel, the parliament is adopting reform laws, with a comprehensive scrutiny of the central bank's accounts. In return, France pledges to seek a conference for donor countries to secure financial aid to Lebanon.
For his part, journalist Mounir al-Rabie said that the call for consultations to form a new government took place under French pressure, considering that President Emmanuel Macron wants to achieve a showpiece achievement in Lebanon, through his first visit, and he wants to crown it with the formation of a government.
Al-Rabeeh considered that the French Foreign Minister’s speech constituted a pressure factor on the Lebanese political forces to go to the government formation consultations.
Al Rabeeh indicated that with the approach of 2023 - which coincides with the passage of 100 years since the Lausanne Agreement - there are geostrategic variables that will take place in the region.
Writer and political analyst Sarkis Abu Zayd reiterated that the most important thing in these consultations is agreement on the government’s formula and program, stressing that the political system in Lebanon has become out of time and there is no alternative to the Taif Agreement, although it cannot be implemented at the same time.
Abu Zeid asked, Will Greater Lebanon end on the 100th anniversary of its existence?