Fadlallah: Give Aoun Deputy Prime Minister and Telecommunications seat

Source: Al-Manar TV, 23-06-2008

The Lebanese national opposition is sensing the dangers of delaying the cabinet formation and is submitting solution proposals.

In this context, member of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc MP Hassan Fadlallah suggested that Saniora gives Free Patriotic Movement senior official Issam Abou Jamra the position of deputy prime minister (a post customarily given to the Orthodox sect and to a senior minister), while the telecommunications seat goes to Aoun's parliamentary bloc.

Speaking in a TV interview with NTV, MP Fadlallah said that "if the loyalty is unwilling to give Aoun a basic portfolio and is telling him to choose one of the remaining 22 portfolios, why don't they give him the Telecommunications ministry which is not considered a basic one like the Interior, the Defense, the Foreign and Finance ministries?"

"Although we have not spoken to General Aoun about this proposal, but it's another proposal to the loyalty to exist this crisis and we will wait for their response," the Hizbullah MP added.