While the new government has yet to be formed, sources within the Current Future of Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri told Al-Anbaa that they were preparing a study demonstrating all the violations of the Constitution committed, according to the report. them, by the President of the Republic Michel Aoun since the start of his mandate at the end of 2016.
The relationship between the two men deteriorated following the resignation of Saad Hariri from his post as Prime Minister on October 29, 2019 after the start of the protest movement. The video that came out a few days ago didn’t improve their relationship.
Since 1990, executive power has been in the hands of the Government and its head and legislative power in the hands of Parliament and its head. The President of the Republic therefore no longer governs. He no longer has any prerogatives except those of participating in the formation of the government with the Prime Minister designate and of chairing the Superior Defense Council (CSD) which he can convene himself in the event of exceptional circumstances and serious security threats. .
Michel Aoun is determined to use these two prerogatives. He regularly convenes the CSD because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the explosion at the port of Beirut. Article 8 of the Defense Law opens up the possibility for the CSD to study questions relating to Health, Finance and Education. Recently the CSD looked into cleaning the pipes on the roads. Sources close to the Presidency of the Republic explained that the explosion at the port of Beirut should remind everyone that nothing should be neglected, especially since the government has resigned.
The President of the Republic also declared that the Constitutional Council should interpret the Constitution in accordance with the Taef Accord of 1989. The Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri who pushed Prime Minister Hassan Diab to resign and who supported the appointment of Saad Hariri then replied that interpreting the Constitution is within the competence of Parliament in accordance with the constitutional reform of 1990.
