Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Tammam Salam on Saturday Feb 15,2014 formed a
national unity cabinet, including all rival groups, ending a 10-month
vacuum
Suheil Bouji, the secretary general of the Governmental Palace, announced the formation of a 24-member cabinet that divides ministers between the pro-Syrian Hezbollah coalition March 8 and the Western-backed 14 gathering, as well as centrists.
Tammam Salam was nominated in April 2013, but deep divisions persisted between the Shiite Hezbollah movement and the Sunni-led, Western-backed bloc of ex-premier Saad Hariri over the conflict in neighbouring Syria
Tammam Salam, a British-educated Sunni, was tasked with forming a new cabinet last April 2013, a month after his predecessor, Najib Mikati resigned amid governmental deadlock
The main obstacles to forming a cabinet were the disagreements over key portfolios such as the interior and foreign ministries between the rival groups.
Suheil Bouji, the secretary general of the Governmental Palace, announced the formation of a 24-member cabinet that divides ministers between the pro-Syrian Hezbollah coalition March 8 and the Western-backed 14 gathering, as well as centrists.
Tammam Salam was nominated in April 2013, but deep divisions persisted between the Shiite Hezbollah movement and the Sunni-led, Western-backed bloc of ex-premier Saad Hariri over the conflict in neighbouring Syria
Tammam Salam, a British-educated Sunni, was tasked with forming a new cabinet last April 2013, a month after his predecessor, Najib Mikati resigned amid governmental deadlock
The main obstacles to forming a cabinet were the disagreements over key portfolios such as the interior and foreign ministries between the rival groups.
In a televised address,Tammam Salam called on all parties to work together to save Lebanon.
“I
extend my hand to all the leaders, and I am relying on their wisdom to
reach these goals,” he said. “I call on all of them together to make
concessions in the interest of our national project.”
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