The formation of a "mission government" to which the leaders of the political parties were committed in front of Emmanuel Macron is behind schedule.
A week after the expiration of the fifteen-day deadline given on September 1 by the Head of State, this government of technicians, chosen outside the political field to initiate the reforms essential to the survival of the country, comes up against at least two obstacles .
The Shiite camp - made up of the Amal party of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Hezbollah - refuses to be removed from the finance ministry.
These two parties believe that the Shiites are disadvantaged in the distribution of positions vis-à-vis Christians - presidency of the Republic, central bank, army commander-in-chief - and Sunnis - holders of the post of prime minister.
Through the Ministry of Finance, a powerful cash machine, the Shiite camp wants above all to have the third signature allowing it to affix, alongside the president and the first
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