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secretary-general’s aide Hussein Khalil as well as between ex-minister Ali Hassan Khalil and PM
Najib Miqati in a bid to reach a solution for the government paralysis crisis, ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Saturday.Ministerial sources told the daily that a consensual "format" is being mulled behind the scenes.The so-called format would not be depicted as a defeat for the Shiite Duo nor it would prevent the state budget’s approval, the sources added.
This exit calls for holding a Cabinet session to pass the draft state budget with Finance Minister Youssef Khalil as the only representative of the Shiite Duo, the sources said, noting that the session would exclusively tackle the state budget.
Al-Joumhouria newspaper meanwhile reported that the past few days witnessed intensive contacts aimed at reaching a so-called governmental-judicial solution for the crisis.
"Top judicial officials promised senior governmental officials that the Court of Cassation’s general commission would approve separating the jurisdiction of the investigative judge (into the port blast case Tarek Bitar) from that of the Higher Council for the Trial of Presidents and Ministers, based on a similar precedent in this regard related to the Bourj Hammoud waste incinerator," the daily said.
Optimism, however, "totally faded after the governmental officials noticed an evasion of the made promises and a deliberate attempt to block this exit," al-Joumhouria said, noting that the top judicial officials started coming up with excuses related to Covid-19 infections.
Sources close to Prime Minister Najib Miqati meanwhile stressed that that "the atmosphere is positive" as to holding a Cabinet session aimed at passing the state budget, revealing that the call for the session is expected to be made in the beginning of next week.