Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil reiterated on Wednesday the position voiced by the Change and Reform Bloc and Hezbollah stipulating their adherence to a unilateral position regarding the governmental deadlock, pointing out that "cabinet will not function without them."
Following a meeting with the ministers of the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah, Minister Bassil noted "certain political factions are pushing the cabinet towards confrontation," adding "we are against escalatory measures but they are being provoked."
In this regard, Bassil stated that the FPM and Hezbollah are not against legislating at parliament; "but constitutional norms must be upheld."
For his part, Minister of Culture Rony Arayji said that Marada ministers will participate in Thursday’s session, stressing that the party’s supporters will not partake in protests that will be staged in parallel with the cabinet session.
It is worth noting that ministers of the Amal Movement reported that they were not informed about the meeting.