The Lebanese Presidency: Aoun objected to the formation of the government due to the uniqueness of Hariri

The Information Office of the Lebanese Presidency clarified that President General Michel Aoun's objection to the government formation process came about the uniqueness of the Prime Minister assigned to form it, Saad Hariri, to name ministers, especially Christians, without agreeing with him.

The Lebanese Presidency’s Media Office clarified in a statement today, Monday, in response to what was stated in the statement of Hariri’s media office regarding the president’s stances, in response to the letter sent by former Minister Salim Jreissati to the designate president and published today in Al-Nahar newspaper.

Earlier today, Hariri called on President Aoun to sign the government formation, away from partisan interests and the obstructing third.

In his statement, the Information Office of the Lebanese Presidency said that President Aoun objected "to Prime Minister Hariri's singularity in naming ministers, especially the Christians, without agreeing with the President of the Republic, noting that the constitution stipulates that the formation of the government takes place by agreement between the presidents of the republic and the government."

The statement added that "the objection raised by the President of the Republic was based mainly on the method of distributing ministerial portfolios among the sects, and the proposed names were not discussed."

The statement indicated that the President of the Republic saw "that the criteria are not the same in the distribution of these bags, and he asked the President-designate to reconsider them."

The statement pointed out that the President of the Republic "did not submit a list of names of candidates for the minister, but rather put forward during the discussion a group of names that were included in a paper that the President-designate took for review. By extension, this paper was not prepared for delivery or for official approval, but rather came in the category of an exchange of views."

And the Lebanese presidency statement continued: "Every time the designated president visited Baabda Palace, he used to make a different proposal from previous visits, and the formula he presented on his last visit was different from the formulas that he consulted with the President of the Republic."

 The statement noted that President Aoun had never presented the names of two party candidates for the minister. Rather, he was asking the designated president to consult with the heads of parliamentary blocs who would give his government confidence and cooperate with him in the reform bills that the government was intending to adopt.

The statement stated: “President Aoun never thought of“ holding the parties to the joints of the decision, ”or“ repeating the experiences of several governments in which the factors of quotas and political tensions have been controlled.

The statement added that President Aoun's concern was "first and foremost to reach a harmonious government that will be able to face the difficult conditions the country is going through, which require flexibility in dealing with frankness and realism, not stubbornness and distortion of facts."

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