After two years, the political impasse in Lebanon comes to an end. On Saturday, the new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam gave a final blow to his new government consisting of 24 ministers. Various international press agencies write that, including AP.
At the beginning of January, the Lebanese parliament chose a new president: the army commander Joseph Aoun supported by Western countries. He pointed out Salam to form a new government.
A government that, as a result of the years of economic malaise in which the Middle Eastern country is in, must immediately have a hard time. After years of mismanagement, the Lebanese economy collapsed in 2019, after which the crises piled up.
In addition to the financial loss, Lebanon is struggling with an electricity crisis and the reception of more than a million Syrian refugees. Due to Israeli bombing, as a result of the outbreak of the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah, part of the country is again in ruins.
“Great role United States”
The formation of the new government follows for three weeks of violent negotiations. A number of candidates for ministerial posts would be supported by Hezbollah. A red line for the United States, which played an ‘unusual’ major role in the formation process, writes Reuters.
Eventually the Shiite party was allowed to appoint Amal, an ally of Hezbollah, four of the twenty -four ministers. As a result, Hezbollah has no possibility of thwarting important decisions through these ministers. This requires at least one third of the total number of ministers.
Prime Minister Salam’s new government must monitor the file between Israel and Hezbollah. Salam announced on Saturday to implement a UN resolution, which is called upon to disarm armed groups in Lebanon-a reference to Hezbollah, writes Reuters.
Salam also said he wanted to implement great economic reforms to promote the reconstruction of the country. The prime minister wants donors to make money available for this. In addition, he wants to conclude various similarities with the International Monetary Fund.
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