Bassil threatens Mikati and “vacuum management” issues
There was constitutional concern over the post-term phase of Lebanese President Michel Aoun next Monday, in light of the vacancy in the office of President of the Republic against the backdrop of a failure to agree on a president, at a time when the controversy has escalated. whether the existing interim government is capable of handling the vacuum and assuming the functions of executive power or not.
Yesterday President Aoun threatened to sign decrees accepting the government’s resignation unless another government was formed, to an exceptional extent that no president before him had gone to.
Regarding the illegality of his announcement of his intention to sign decrees accepting the resignation of the government unless another government is formed, President Aoun clarified that “there is no constitutional text that requires it, rather the question is related rules and customs can be violated. “
The former head of the Bar, Rachid Derbas, replied that “the government did not resign until it was accepted or rejected. Rather, resignations were inevitable and under the law,” and stressed that the President of the Republic “does not create this situation (the resignation of the government), but rather announces it”.
At the same time, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, deputy Gebran Bassil, attacked the interim premier, Najib Mikati, warning against the “management of the position of the presidency, the government and the country’s wealth”, stressing that “we cannot accept a government that lacks constitutionality, statute and legitimacy to take over the country ”. With an open void.
He said: “The idea of taking over the country through a provisional government is a catastrophic issue that will bring constitutional chaos and all kinds of chaos, and I warn and warn about this issue.” He accused Mikati that “with his behavior, he confirms every day that he does not want to form a government”.
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