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Beirut — Lebanon Top Christian priests urged painstaking politicians on Sunday to accelerate the formation of a government that would allow authorities to prepare for the upcoming presidential elections by the end of October.
Lebanese Najib Mikati received the support of 54 of 128 members of parliament, including Iran-backed Shiite Muslim party Hezbollah, in talks convened by President Michel Aoun. After that, he was appointed as the fourth prime minister on Thursday.
However, due to the ongoing division among the Lebanese ruling classes, Mikati may struggle to form a government and prevent reforms that unlock aid agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is widely believed to cause sexual paralysis.
"Also, in response to the urgent need of the country, accelerate the formation of the country so that it can immediately focus on preparing to elect a president to save the country. "I demand that you do," Maron's Patriarch Bekara Bootros Arrai said in a Sunday sermon.
"We call on all parties to cooperate in the nomination of the Prime Minister ..." he added.
Analysts and politicians are in the cabinet in a looming struggle over who will replace Aung when Hezbollah's head of state, Aung, ends his term on October 31. We expect that the process of forming will become more complicated.
This could further delay the reforms needed to unleash the $ 3 billion IMF support needed to mitigate the country's financial crisis.
In Lebanon's most volatile crisis since 1975-90, the financial collapse is in its third year, sinking more than 90% of currencies, expanding poverty, paralyzing the financial system and depositors. Frozen from savings. Civil War (written by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, edited by Emeria Sithole-Matarise)
