Cabinet Formation Stalled by Rifts over Key Ministries, Other Portfolios

Two weeks after his appointment as Lebanon’s new premier, Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati’s attempts to form a new government appeared Sunday to have been stalled by a dispute over President Michel Aoun’s proposal for a rotation of four key ministries, as well as the distribution of other portfolios.

“The Cabinet formation process is blocked and obstacles are cropping up as a result of President Aoun’s insistence on a comprehensive rotation of the four ‘sovereign’ ministries: Interior, Finance, Defense and Foreign Affairs,” Al-Jadeed TV quoted sources close to Mikati as saying Saturday night.

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