Yesterday, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs of the Lebanese Caretaker Government, Salim Jreissati, announced that the President of the Republic designates the president in charge of forming the government according to his constitutional powers and is a key initiative in forming the government.
Jreissati said that "the president of the republic is the one who designates the president in charge of consulting the speaker of parliament, based on binding parliamentary consultations, that he informs him officially of its results."
He explained that the President of the Republic “consults, consults, and nominates, and this is a power that makes him an initiator in the process of naming and completing it and an essential partner in it, from commissioning through confirmation to authorship or apology.” Jreissati expressed his regret that "in speaking about the powers of the working or designated head of government, he will have to respond by mentioning the constitutional texts that define the powers of the President of the Republic with regard to the formation of the government."
Jreissati indicated that "the Prime Minister-designate is the one who conducts the parliamentary consultations to form the government and signs with the President of the Republic the decree of its formation."
On the other hand, the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed regret yesterday that "Lebanon has lost the right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly due to non-payment of the financial contributions due from it to the international organization."
The United Nations announced on Friday that seven countries, including Lebanon, which has suffered months of economic collapse threatening its citizens for their livelihoods and jobs, lost the right to vote for failing to pay the necessary contributions.
Lebanon regrets the loss of the right to vote at the United Nations for failing to pay its contributions.