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NOW MARCH 19, 2014 Jamaa Islamiya MP refrains from voting on cabinet BEIRUT – Jamaa Islamiya MP Imad al-Hout said he would abstain from the vote of confidence for Lebanon’s new cabinet, citing the fears of his party that differences between the government’s parties will obstruct the cabinet’s work. “I am not refusing [to grant] a vote of confidence for the cabinet, but wisdom dictates that we aim to minimize our losses as much as possible,” Hout said during the parliamentary session to discuss the ministerial statement on Wednesday. “We still fear that the [cabinet’s parties] may bring their differences [to the] government.” He added that such differences could threaten the upcoming presidential elections. “The time has come the constitutional deadlines to be met without obstructions,” Hout said in reference to the upcoming presidential elections to replace President Michel Suleiman, whose term ends on May 25. “How will this government be able prepare and go through with the presidential deadline after it hardly managed to write certain words in the ministerial statement?” Lebanon’s cabinet finalized its ministerial statement days before a 30-day deadline to do so, and only before Premier Tammam Salam threatened to resign and topple the nascent government. https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/lebanonnews/539910-jamaa-islamiya-mp-refrains-from-voting-on-cabinet
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:17:30 +0000

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