...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
is still insisting on "his right to name the Druze and Sunni ministers who will replace Minister of the Displaced Issam Sharafeddine and Economy Minister Amin Salam," al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.
"This may reflect a difficulty that is still obstructing the announcement of the formation of a new government," the daily added.
"The past two days did not carry anything new as to the naming, at a time the name of ex-minister Saleh al-Gharib moved to the backburner, seeing as it is not appropriate to name a figure who would provoke Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid
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...Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling...
," al-Akhbar quoted informed sources as saying.
Al-Joumhouria newspaper meanwhile reported that Hezbollah has strongly intervened to mediate between Baabda and the Grand Serail and that Hezbollah secretary-general’s political aide Hussein al-Khalil has met with PM-designate Najib Mikati to "stress the need to form a new government no matter what it takes."
"Hezbollah also communicated with President Aoun in a bid to ease his stance," the daily added.
Official political sources directly concerned with the governmental file also told al-Joumhouria that Gay Paree has also intervened through its ambassador to Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...Anne Grillo, who "has relayed an urgent request to Lebanese leaders on the necessity to form a government in an urgent manner."