De jure under the command of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, Jaback’s appointment sparks fear of ministerial funds going to terrorist activities. Notable members include the health minister Jamil Jaback, an independent cardiologist with strong ties to Hezbollah. The new government was finally formed on the 31 st of January 2019. Cabinet seats reflect each party’s parliamentary acquisitions Combine this with outside pressure growing on the issues of Israel, Syria, and Hezbollah, and his tenure might be short lived. Through every issue and policy decision, he will have to choose between his Sunni Muslim base in the Future Movement (FM) and the different members of his coalition. However, Hariri’s greatest challenge will be to keep this seemingly utopian cabinet united in the face of diverse internal interests and external threats. Against all odds, Hariri is making a progressive achievement of multi-partisan governance. His government is a united coalition formed by most of the parties in the Lebanese parliament. It includes members from the two divided factions, the March 8 and March 14 movements, and features a record number of women in a country largely opposed to women holding significant seats in government. The endless complexity of the confessional system makes consensus seem impossible, and yet that is exactly what Sunni Prime Minister Hariri is attempting to do. Nothing exemplifies Lebanese politics more than the fact that it took 254 days for a prime minister to form a cabinet.
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