Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday appeared to criticize ally Hezbollah for blocking the country’s cabinet meetings for the past two months, which have further added to ongoing economic woes plaguing the country. The country’s government was formed in September 2020 amid financial troubles following the devastating explosion at the Beirut port in August 2020. The government of 24 ministries is being led by Hezbollah-backed Prime Minister, Najib Mikati. However, the governing body has not met since Oct. 12. after Hezbollah and its allies demanded the removal of the lead judge investigating last year’s devastating explosion. Tarek Bitar, a Lebanese judge and the head of Beirut’s criminal court, is investigating the blast that ripped through the capital. But Shia Islamist political party Hezbollah and its allies have refused to attend cabinet meetings until the judge is removed, claiming that Bitar is politicizing the investigation, singling out politicians allied with Hezbollah for questioning. Efforts by Bitar to interrogate former ministers …
Lebanon’s President Aoun: ‘Imperative Cabinet Meets’ as Hezbollah Continues to Block Assemblies
December 28, 2021
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