• Opposition's new slogan on electricity draft law
A high-level opposition source said that March 14 MPs raised the following slogan "Yes to electricity, No to Bassil's monopoly".
The same source told "An-Nahar" newspaper that the talks, held at Beiteddine Palace, are being steered according to the whims of Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun.
Sources close to State Prosecutor Said Mirza said that the investigation into the interview published by Time Magazine with one of the Hezbollah members accused in the recent Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) indictment is being carried out upon the request of the STL General Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare.
• Mirza sources: Investigation into TIME interview continues
Sources close to State Prosecutor Said Mirza said that the investigation into the recent TIME magazine interview with one of the Hezbollah members accused in the recent Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) indictment is being carried out upon the request of the STL General Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare.
• Jumblatt: I will not succumb to destabilizing logic
National Struggle Front leader MP Walid Jumblatt said that he will not succumb to the "destabilizing logic" used against him and his Front. "I do not care if my position shakes the current political alliance", he said.
"I reject the mere fact of a "last-chance used as a means of pressure" and if the National Struggle Front Ministers' remarks on the electricity draft law are not taken into account, leading to a clear agreement, they will stick to their reservations", Jumblatt said.
"Allocating 200 million dollars for the first part of the electricity bill is unacceptable without a specific mechanism that ensures its continuity", Jumblatt said. He added that Energy Minister Gebran Bassil did not provide the necessary explanations and answers to several administrative and technical questions.
• Bassil: No excuses for not passing electricity plan
The leader of the Israeli opposition Tzipi Livni told Haaretz daily that Israel must treat the Egyptian border as a war zone rather than a peaceful one. Livni urged Israeli officials to rethink their policy regarding an Egyptian border that now endangers Israeli security.
Tension has been high along the Egyptian-Israeli border since a gunman, crossing the Egyptian desert, launched a series of attacks in southern Israel on Thursday, killing eight.
• Karami: No Conflicting Point of Views on Administrative Appointments
State Minister Ahmad Karami said that there are no conflicting point of views amongst ministers regarding administrative appointments.
Karami told Al-Liwaa that the cabinet will give priority to key administrative appointments and will fill administrative vacancies to solve the problem of understaffed governmental departments. Karami added that the government will tackle security appointments at a later stage.
The daily noted that administrative appointments will be based on the mechanism put in place during former PM Saad Hariri’s tenure to avoid criticism.