He received a Qatari delegate on a “presidential” exploratory visit
Tuesday – 13 Ramadan 1444 AH – 04 April 2023 CE Issue Number [16198]
Beirut: «Asharq Al-Awsat»
Before the debate that erupted in the Lebanese parliamentary committees meeting during the discussion of funding sources for municipal and elective elections subsided, Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi called on the electorate to prepare for holding them during the month of May, and to “complete their preparations.” It seemed clear that the invitation of the electorate does not mean that the elections will inevitably take place, as evidenced by Mawlawi stressing that “there is determination and intention to hold these elections, but the matter is not sufficient, because we need to secure financial funds.”
Determining the election dates did not allay the concerns of the citizens, whose administrative transactions would be halted in the event of the elections being discontinued, as the offices of the mayors in Lebanon are witnessing an unprecedented crowd to complete the delayed transactions, in anticipation of the scenario of not holding local elections or not renewing them, before the end of the mandate of the municipal councils and mayors on May 31. next.
In addition, the Minister of State in the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, toured the Lebanese officials yesterday (Monday), as the presidential election was a major item, without the details of the discussions being announced.
Qatari delegate to Lebanon on a “presidential” exploratory visit
