Minister Fneish: Names of ministers & portfolios to be announced within hours

Local Editor, 07-11-2009

Talk circulated among ‘March 14' forces around a wording battle of the ministerial statement with respect to the resistance and its weapons in particular, is premature.

The Minister of Labor in the caretaker government, Mohammad Fneish confirmed "That matters in the government dossier are positive and finalized", noting that "the cabinet formation will be produced, the names of ministers and portfolios are to be announced any hour now", pointing out that things are improving.

Regarding reports of talk reverberating among some ‘March 14' forces about a possible "battle" on the terms of the ministerial statement, the resistance and its weapons in particular, Minister of Labor Mohammad Fneish said that such talk is premature now, and that the opposition forces, Hizbullah specifically sees that the minimum the new ministerial statement can enclose is what was stipulated in the ministerial statement of the caretaker government.