The leader of the Future Movement promises the Lebanese to stop the economic collapse

Aoun assigns Hariri to form the new government

The Lebanese President is mediating Hariri and Nabih Berri at the Baabda Palace in Beirut.

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Yesterday, the Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, assigned the leader of the Future Movement, Saad Hariri, to form the new government, as Hariri promised the Lebanese people to stop the collapse that threatens the economy, and pledged to "quickly" form a government of "last chance" for Lebanon.

And the Lebanese presidency announced, in a statement, after the end of Aoun's meetings with the parliamentary blocs, “After the President of the Republic conducted binding parliamentary consultations, and after he consulted with the Speaker of Parliament and informed him of their results, the President summoned Saad Eddin Hariri to assign him to form the government.”

Hariri announced, after his meeting with President Aoun, in a brief speech to journalists yesterday, that he will form a government composed of "non-partisan specialists, whose mission is to implement the economic, financial and administrative reforms contained in the French initiative paper, which the main blocs in Parliament committed to support the government in its implementation." ».

He said, "I will focus on forming a government quickly, because time is running out, and the opportunity for our country is the only and last."

In his speech, Hariri addressed "the Lebanese who suffer difficulties to the point of despair", saying: "I am determined to abide by a promise made to them to work to stop the collapse that threatens our economy, society and our security, and to rebuild what was destroyed by the terrible port explosion in Beirut."

According to the presidency, Hariri won 65 votes, while 53 MPs declined to name, and the House of Representatives consists of 128 members.

On the eve of his nomination, Aoun held Hariri, without naming him, the responsibility of tackling corruption, launching a reform workshop, and placing MPs in front of their responsibilities, calling on them to think about "the effects of commissioning, reform projects, and international rescue initiatives."

Hariri’s nomination comes at a time when Lebanon is witnessing an accelerating economic collapse, and the international community, led by France, is waiting for officials to carry out necessary reforms that they have failed to achieve so far, which is a condition for the country to obtain necessary financial support.

The Free Patriotic Movement led by Aoun, Hariri, was not named due to severe political differences between Hariri and the leader of the movement, Gebran Bassil, Aoun's son-in-law.

He also did not name him “Hezbollah,” but the analyzes spoke of the party’s implicit approval of the return of Hariri, who had the support of the majority of the representatives of his sect, the bloc of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, and the Amal Movement bloc, an ally of Hezbollah, led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

Hariri announced this month his candidacy within the tenets of the French initiative launched by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to lift Lebanon out of its crisis.

The third Hariri government resigned on October 29, 2019, about two weeks after unprecedented popular protests against the entire political class.

Hassan Diab formed, at the beginning of the year, a government of specialists that took power for seven months, but did not succeed in launching any reform.

After the horrific port explosion on the fourth of August, Diab resigned, and the French President, Emmanuel Macron, visited Beirut to help solve the crisis, then returned again, in early September, and announced an initiative that he said all political forces had agreed to, and stipulated the formation of a government that would undertake reform Under a specific program, in exchange for financial aid from the international community.

But the political forces failed to translate their pledges, and the ambassador, Mustafa Adib, who was named to form the government, was unable to do so due to political divisions.

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