SourceLondon Arabs
Although more than two years have passed since the death of the head of the High Shiite Islamic Council in Lebanon, Abd al-Amir Qabalan, the presidency of the council remains occupied by the deputy vice president Ali al-Khatib, due to a lack of agreement between the Amal Movement and Hezbollah on a plan to invite the Sharia and the Executive Councils to be elected according to the law.
The composition of the Shia Islamic Supreme Council constitutes a dilemma for those concerned due to the expiration of the mandate of the president, his deputy, commissions and committees, and the failure to enact a law by the House of Representatives to extend it.
Well-informed Shiite sources believe that the need for this Supreme Shiite Islamic Council has been denied, as there is no one in the Council who constitutes a need for either side, either for the Amal Movement or for Hezbollah, either in the religious field or in political or cultural fields.
Observers say that the names and personalities, which constitute an overall popular consensus and situation that have a political, moral and popular influence that qualifies them to be in the presidency of the Supreme Council, do not exist and no longer constitute a cover, a at least for Hezbollah.
And while Shia political and spiritual leaders eagerly await the need to resolve this right soon so that the Prime Minister can play his sectarian and national role alongside the rest of the heads of other sects, others believe there is no need to rush to close practice, considering that national charters and economic and life practices take precedence over others.
Although Shiite sources deny the existence of differences between the Amal movement and Hezbollah regarding the filling of vacancies in the Supreme Islamic Council, the opposite is widely reported, as the head of the Shiite Amal movement, Nabih Berri, wants the president of the council and of the “legitimate body of the Amal movement”, which did not accept. Hizb allah.
Shiite sources have denied that there is a disagreement between Amal and Hezbollah on the name of the president who will assume the presidency of the Council or elect its legal and executive bodies, noting that “the opposite is true, in the sense that the two parties are unanimous to the state current that consensus is the watchword of the phase which calls for a complete departure from the matter.” elective. From here, we can confirm that the Shiite Council elections as a whole, including the filling of vacancies in its presidency and other files, have been postponed.
And the sources add: “There is no priority for a position or position here or there, despite its importance, because people and their interests are nowhere to be found. Therefore, the work of the two is focused on enabling society civil society to resist and providing the necessary ingredients for this, including food, medicine and shelter”.
The sources indicated that Vice President Ali al-Khatib is doing his homework, noting that there are many strong religious references preceding the names offered to fill the position, including young muftis and sheikhs who are still early down the road compared to the previous big names who have assumed the presidency, such as the imam Musa al-Sadr and the two sheikhs Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din and Abdul Amir Qabalan.
Observers of Shia affairs in Lebanon question Abdul Amir Qabalan’s ability to run the council and achieve the requisite religious and political balance and weight, unlike those who preceded him in the council presidency, namely the ‘Imam Musa al-Sadr and Imam Muhammad Mahdi Shams make a fuss.
They add that Sheikh Abd al-Amir Qabalan had no great potential to form any need for anyone except that he was present with the strength of the continuation of the two previous Imams al-Sadr and Shams al-Din.
While the Shiite Islamic Supreme Council enjoyed great independence during the period of Imam al-Sadr and Shams al-Din, and the Parliament had pacted independence represented by President Hussein al-Husseini, the Shiite institutions, after these great statures, they turned into partisan circles of the Amal Movement and continued to live on strongly until the need for them was buried next to Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan.
Observers ask, “Why is this advice still needed if Nabih Berri wants his president from the legitimate body of the Amal movement?”
