Lebanon: Crisis ranges from "milk sparrow" and refrain from eating "dairy and cheese"

Afif Diab-Beirut

Lebanese President Michel Aoun's televised remarks in which he criticized the movement sparked widespread popular anger in various Lebanese regions, which witnessed banditry and sporadic sit-ins in the capital Beirut and squares and squares of major cities and towns, and resulted in the death of supporters of the Progressive Socialist Party shot dead by a Lebanese army officer. .

The death of Alaa Abu Fakhr, fueled the anger of the street, which expressed his rejection of what was reported in the interview with President Aoun, and described by protesters as being superficial and sharp, and the lack of recognition of the legitimacy of their movement and their demands.

An activist in the popular movement in Beirut told Al Jazeera Net that Aoun provoked the Lebanese and invited them to emigrate from the country, and was rather to talk about the plan of action to be implemented to meet the demands of the people.

The activist, who asked not to be named, added that the ruling political class, led by Aoun, lives in one valley and the Lebanese people in another valley, pointing out that the popular uprising continues until its demands are fully realized.

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The activist in the popular uprising, Mahmoud Fakih, said that the "revolution of anger" over President Aoun's speech is a legitimate right and a natural reaction to the street, after people listened to a "condescending and disparaging speech" by the president.

He said that the speeches of all corners of the authority "underestimate our uprising, which is almost a month old," expressing regret for the attempts of Aoun and his political class to "demonize the movement, has forgotten that the demonstrators are being assaulted."

Fakih explained that President Aoun is fully aware of the demands of the intifada, but "insists on ignoring them and keeping his son-in-law in the government and forming a technocratic government."

He stressed that the uprising took place against the government of the parties of the Authority, which "entrenched in the country corruption and destruction of its economy."

Powers move the street
For his part, Secretary of the National Commission for the Protection of the Constitution, Adel Yamen, told Al-Jazeera Net that President Aoun left the options for the presidency of the government open to the upcoming parliamentary consultations and consultations.

He pointed out that some political parties moved the street to press for certain options at the level of prime minister.

In turn, sees political analyst Michel Abu Najm that there is political exploitation of some parties in order to raise the ceiling of negotiations to form a government, explaining to Al Jazeera Net that political forces moved the street because they do not want to back down on the positions taken.

Abu Najm added that the delay in parliamentary consultations by the President of the Republic "came in order to ensure the pillars for the success of the formation of the government and to ensure that the outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri is the first candidate."

Wisdom and sanity
For his part, explained the Secretary of the Progressive Socialist Party Zafer Nasser to the island Net that the solution begins to form a government of neutrals to meet the demands of the people and provide a real approach to them.

He added that the political atmosphere in the country suggests that the authority is moving towards the formation of a government of one color, and this opinion Nasser indicates the lack of wisdom and prudence in the management of the crisis.

Crisis without a horizon
The government crisis that is ravaging Lebanon is heading towards more complexity with sources close to Hariri assert to Al Jazeera Net his insistence on his condition to form a non-partisan technocrat government, and that his apology for assigning him to form a government is unrealistic because he "did not even cost an apology."

Gibran Bassil, the foreign minister of the caretaker government, has tweeted that the opportunity to form a government that is responsive to the people and wins the confidence of parliament is a favorable opportunity, a reference to a mixed government of experts and politicians hinted at.

Referring to attempts to dissuade Hariri from his position rejecting the formation of a technocratic government, Berri said that he had offered Hariri "milk of the sparrow" to accept the formation, and the latter responded that he refrained from eating milk and cheese, according to the site "Future Web" close to Hariri.

Neither the winner nor the loser
Among the conditions and counter-conditions, political analyst Amin Qamoury believes that a mixed government of experts and politicians is the closest to verification.

He added that Hariri's insistence on a technocrat government is to cancel the results of the previous parliamentary elections and the resultant parliamentary party forces that cannot be removed from the equation.

He told Al-Jazeera that the recent contacts centered on a government that satisfies all parties, expressing his belief that the formation of a government of one political color is out of the question and without serious obstacles.

He predicted that Hariri would eventually accept a government of experts and politicians, provided that the nominated candidates are not provocative to him and the public.