A week after his appointment as Lebanon’s new premier, Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati appeared Sunday to be running into trouble – mainly over key ministries – in his attempt to quickly form a Cabinet of 24 nonpartisan specialists to enact reforms and rescue the crises-hit country from total economic collapse.

Mikati is set to meet President Michel Aoun Monday to follow up on their talks last Thursday on the premier-designate’s Cabinet proposals for the distribution of ministerial portfolios among sects. Mikati has said he received a positive response from Aoun to his Cabinet proposals.

Besides discussing the distribution of ministerial portfolios among sects, Aoun and Mikati are expected to begin consulting on names of potential ministers and the portfolios to be assigned to them.

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