The dust still hasn’t settled on the new cabinet — partly because some ministers are actively trying to kick it up — but it’s worth remarking briefly on some of its features, and on the challenges facing PM Hariri over the next...
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In an interview with As-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper published on Wednesday, Lebanon First bloc MP Okab Sakr said that Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel will not split from the March 14 alliance, adding that Gemayel “wants his...
The Kataeb Party issued a statement on Tuesday announcing that Prime Minister Saad Hariri visited its Saifi headquarters at 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday and that the party’s political bureau held a special session at 11 a.m. presided...
Social Affairs Minister Selim Sayegh, also the Kataeb Party vice president, told LBCI television on Tuesday that the new cabinet “is the best possible government,â€_ adding that Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel will make a...
An-Nahar newspaper reported on Tuesday that Prime Minister Saad Hariri held “a long phone conversationâ€_ with Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel on Monday night following the announcement of the cabinet lineup “to solve the...
An informed source told NOW on Monday that in light of the agreement on the distribution of ministerial portfolios among Christian parties of the March 14 alliance, a meeting in the coming few hours between Prime...
An-Nahar newspaper reported on Monday that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was pushing to form the cabinet by Monday night after President Michel Sleiman’s call for concluding the government lineup by then. However, the...
Kataeb Party bloc MP Sami Gemayel told LBCI television on Sunday that the government lineup - as it is now - is headed for problems, especially with the inclusion of the obstructing-third vote, which gives veto power to the...
An unnamed source told Kuwaiti newspaper An-Nahar on Sunday that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri offered to appoint Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel’s son, MP Sami Gemayel, to Industry Minister - but the party leader...