President Michel Aoun lamented Monday that “the continued failure to hold Cabinet sessions has paralyzed the various aspects of governmental work,” while also decrying the “obstruction of the judiciary’s work.”
“There is an urgent need to hold a Cabinet session, especially that a lot of issues have accumulated and require decisions from the government,” Aoun added, in a meeting with a delegation from the Tripoli Bar Association.
Cabinet has not convened since October 14, when a political crisis erupted over Judge Tarek Bitar’s probe into the port blast, with Hizbullah and Amal demanding that a decision be taken in Cabinet to remove him over alleged bias. Aoun’s camp and other parties have meanwhile voiced their rejection of any political interference in the judiciary.