President Michel Aoun will not call on the cabinet to convene amid the absence of Prime Minister Saad Hariri and will not accept to be led toward any discussion regarding the possible scenarios of the upcoming period before the return of the PM, Baabda sources told LBCI.
Aoun’s refusal to call for a cabinet meeting before Hariri’s return does not mean that such an option is impossible.
In an interpretation of the Lebanese Constitution, Baabda sources referred to Chapter Four, which concerns “The Executive Power” and in particular Article 53 that grants the president two discretionary powers:
- The President of the Republic preside over the Council of Ministers when he wishes without participating in voting
- He may, in agreement with the Prime Minister, call the Council of Ministers to an extraordinary session whenever he deems this it necessary.
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