Beirut: The New Lebanon Prime Minister – appoints Najib Mikati on Tuesday conducting a consultation with political parties he said “unanimously” agreed about the need to compile the government quickly to save the country that was wrapped in the crisis.
But after almost a year of extreme drift, the economic crisis described by the World Bank as one of the worst in the world since the 1850s and sustainable among political players, he faced uphill fighting.
Mikati, a billionaire who has served twice as Prime Minister, took assignments on Monday, a few days after fellow Veteran politicians Saad Hariri threw a towel.
The last government resigned amid public anger for the explosion deadly hundreds of tons of fertilizer which was less stored in Port Beirut last August.
The institutional vacuum holds a potential financial rescue plan for the country, which failed to pay on its debt last year.
On Tuesday, Mikati met with top political parties, including the strong Shiite Hezbollah movement and the free patriotic movement founded by President Michel Aoun.
“There is a round agreement from all blocks and parliamentarians about the need to speed up the process of forming the cabinet,” Mikati said after the consultation ended.
The meeting was the official step of the habit that followed the appointment of the new prime minister, but the trading of high fighting horse had not yet begun.
After the meeting with Mikati, the Mohammad Raad Hizbullah Law Maker said his party was ready to “work seriously” with new PM.
FPM head Gebran Bassil, accused of critics repeatedly blocking previous efforts to form a new government, said it would stand next to the moment.
We will “do not participate in the next cabinet, which means we will not be involved in the formation process”.
In an interview with an an-nahar newspaper, Mikati swred the lineup to be “purely technical” and served by bridging the gap for next year’s election.
Some members of Parliament, including Elie Ferzli’s speaker, support this encouragement on Tuesday.
“The government will consist of specialists,” Ferzli said.
“The nomination process, it will rest on Mikati and its agreement with the President.” The appointment of a 65-year-old Mikati, Lebanese richest man and many corrupt oligarchy symbols, met with general skepticism.
A native of Tripoli, the second city of Lebanon and one of the poorest, he was accused by the state prosecutor in 2019 forbidden enrichment, a charges he refused.
“How can I trust the thief who stole me and my children and their future?” Request 57 years Beirut Resident Mohammed Deeb, after the appointment of Mikati.
“During the class (politics) it is still powerful, nothing will change.” On Sunday night, dozens of protesters gathered outside the house of Beirut Mikati, accused him of corruption and cronism.
The former French Lebanese colonial ruler and other Western government stopped welcoming Mikati’s appointment and urged him to quickly provide competent ranks.
But Lebanese fighting politicians view Mikati as a consensus candidate, who might be able to relieve political deadlocks that are almost throughout the year.
Mikati, third politician in a year to try the work, promising its government will work on applying the French road map which conditions large aid packages on reform and transparency.
In some of his first comments after his appointment, Mikati said he would prioritize a little international assistance which is currently available to deal with severe power outages, according to the Al-Akhbar newspaper.
Lebanon can no longer provide electricity to its citizens more than a few hours every day, also unable to buy the fuel needed for power plants.
Almost no demands for the international community for a broad reform program have so far been fulfilled.
Furthermore, stopping the recapitalization of the bankrupt state has become a government failure to involve international monetary funds and discuss the rescue plan that is fully efficient.
Until then, monetary institutions would send around $ 900 million, but experts warn it would not be enough and risk abused.