Lebanon’s new government; Saad Al-Hariri the biggest loser?
The new Lebanese government has been formed. The “Al-Mustaqbil” party seems to be the biggest loser in this regard, an issue that will be clearly seen in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun finally signed the list of nominees for the post of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday (September 7th), and the new Lebanese government was formed after a year and a month of waiting.
The Lebanese analytical news website Al-Nashra wrote in a report on Saturday that when former caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri decided to step down, he did not think that any “other Sunni figure” would have the chance to form a government, especially since He had more than nine months to form a government, but the foreign green light he had been waiting for was not given. Al-Hariri had previously burned a number of nominees for prime minister, but this did not happen to Mikati because Mikati did not accept the mission until after receiving guarantees to form a government.
According to the report, al-Hariri was still waiting for Mikhati to step down during the formation of the government in order to put his view that an agreement with President Michel Aoun is not possible, especially since he had decided to base his election campaign on Intensify the crackdown on the Lebanese presidency affiliated Al-Tiar Al-Watani Al-Hur (National Free Movement) by inviting Aoun to resign after the explosion in Akar.
The publication added: “The current regional and international situation contributed to the success of the Mikati mission, especially after the developments that took place at the level of the American-Iranian conflict in Lebanon.” It was clear that after Hezbollah announced the start of fuel purchases from Iran, Washington was retreating on the basis that the continuation of the policy of exerting pressure would increase Iran’s entry into the Lebanese economy.
The website added that, in addition, the internal situation was not far from a series of other developments; The most obvious of these were the consequences of the collapse of the financial, economic and social situation, which was expected to lead to a security explosion that no one wanted.
The publication continued that in the internal balance game, what Mikati got from Michel Aoun or vice versa could have happened if Saad al-Hariri was also the prime minister, but the remaining question is about the political consequences of forming a government on al-Hariri because he will no longer be able to change. Especially since he has more than one minister (affiliated with the future) in the cabinet and has practically lost the opposition, which may have won the parliamentary elections.
