The achievement of the presidential election was considered a mandatory entry point for the regular work of the constitutional institutions

Mikati: It is shameful to hold the government responsible for prolonging the presidential vacuum

Miqati during the cabinet session that was held yesterday.

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The head of the caretaker government in Lebanon confirmed yesterday that it is shameful to portray as if the government is responsible for prolonging the presidential vacuum, and for delaying the completion of this merit.

Mikati said, in an intervention during yesterday's cabinet session, that "the current government, from its constitutional position as a caretaker government, is not about to replace the president of the republic, or to consider that the country can continue without a president."

He stressed the necessity of completing the presidential election as quickly as possible, as it is a mandatory entry point for the regular work of constitutional institutions, and also an entry point for forming a government with full powers, in accordance with the rules of the constitution.

He added, “I am not about to engage in useless debates, or to slide in response to what was said of sectarian rhetoric, and to evoke concerns and addresses that do not exist at all, except in the delusions of some, and the ministers represent all the Lebanese, and it is shameful for anyone to question the patriotism and affiliation of any party.” A minister, his position and his entity, for every minister has his position within his sect, and his credit within the homeland.

And he considered that «today's session (yesterday) is a response to a national duty, and assuming the national, constitutional, moral and legal responsibility to meet the people's urgent needs in electricity, and to take proactive and precautionary steps to protect the food security of the Lebanese in a loaf of bread, by securing the necessary funds for wheat and flour, and other addresses and needs. Livelihood and health that cannot be postponed, nor political malice and distress, and it is above all that it is not permissible to encapsulate it with the titles of sectarian and sectarian tension for narrow political ends.

Mikati said, "This session, the session that preceded it, and any government action in the future, will be in line with the logic of the constitution, and the preservation of partnership and the charter, and it is not at all a challenge or provocation to any party."

He added, "From my position as prime minister, and at this current and delicate moment in which Lebanon is floundering with crises, which almost represent an existential threat to Lebanon, I will not listen to the prejudiced voices that are emanating from here and there."

He emphasized that «the cabinet session takes place in its natural context, because there are basic issues that need to be held for a cabinet session to be resolved, which is impossible outside the known constitutional frameworks, or heresies that were adopted during the war phase to conduct state affairs in light of the division that prevailed».

Mikati said, "We are in a daily challenge to address pressing issues and people's demands that do not wait for anyone's mood or political bets. Today's session, like the previous session, is more than urgent. It is unfair and irresponsible to delude the Lebanese with incorrect matters, and to manipulate their sectarian and sectarian instincts for goals that are no longer valid." hidden from anyone.

Yesterday, the Lebanese Council of Ministers held its second session after the presidential vacancy, to discuss a number of draft laws and decrees, the most important of which is related to securing electricity.

The session began after securing a quorum, with the presence of two-thirds of the 24 ministers.

The session’s agenda included eight draft laws and decrees, the most prominent of which are related to securing fuel oil and securing gasoil for the benefit of the Electricité du Liban.

Other items were included on the session’s agenda, related to the Ministry of Economy’s request to secure an additional eight million dollars’ worth of credit, to support the purchase of wheat intended for the production of Arabic bread, and the operation of temporary sanitary landfills for solid waste, and others.

The "Strong Lebanon" parliamentary bloc, headed by Representative Gebran Bassil, announced in a statement on Tuesday that it rejected the Council of Ministers holding an unconventional and unconstitutional session, under the pretext of securing electricity, considering that constitutional solutions are available through mobile decrees.

The first cabinet session after the presidential vacancy was held on the fifth of last December, headed by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and seven ministers were absent because they objected to the session being held on a constitutional and charter grounds.

Representative Gebran Bassil considered at the time that the session was “unconstitutional, illegal, and unconventional,” noting that it was “an execution of the constitution, a fatal blow to Taif, and a stab at a national agreement that was announced in Parliament.”

• The Lebanese government held its second session, after the presidential vacancy, to discuss securing electricity.

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