Future parliamentary bloc held a meeting on Tuesday at the Center House, headed by former prime minister Saad Hariri.
At the end of the meeting, the following statement was read by MP Assem Araji:
"First: The Future bloc warns against the deliberate political and partisan hegemony over of the powers of the Council of Ministers and turning it into an institution without constitutional competence, whose goal is to implement the agendas of the ruling party and accept its decisions, directives and orders that do not take into account the minimum respect of the cabinet prestige and its position in the political system.
The last session of the Council of Ministers and its statement regarding the electricity plan and the revitalization of the Selaata plant, in opposition to a previous decision issued by the Council, had a bad impact on the Lebanese public opinion, and many leaders and personalities entrusted with the government’s position and its presidency, who saw in the last session a striking example of compromising the powers and subjecting the government to the logic of the presidential system.
The bloc holds the Prime Minister directly responsible for this negligence and warns the political forces concerned with securing the political cover for the government of the dangers of the policies that tend towards overthrowing the Taif Agreement and turning the third presidency into an insignificant entity in the political system.
The Future parliamentary bloc draws the attention of the Prime Minister to this, regardless of its position on the government and its policies, and it is compelled to resort to this position in light of the state of the premiership and the confusion it suffers from at every level of the executive authority management.
Second: It is unfortunate that the government continues the policy of denying the state of confusion, and returning to wasting time and opportunities, by taking uncalculated decisions and backing out on them. There are many such decisions like attacking the Governance of the Central Bank, the administrative appointments, the judicial appointments, the lost numbers in the recovery plan, Selaata and the contradictions of ministers and advisers.
The bloc also confirms that the government that is intended to rule under the roof of political vetoes from all parties participating in it, is a government that fails to face challenges, and has no other choice but to coexist with the economic and living storm until the end of the mandate.
Third: The Future Bloc considers that the information that is being circulated about the dialogue with the International Monetary Fund confirms the government's rotation around itself, without being able to suggest any serious ideas that reassures friendly international parties about any plan for economic advancement.
The crisis has reached limits where rhetoric solutions are of no use, and neither are repeated comments about the heavy legacy, of which the Lebanese people are tired.
Dialogue with the International Monetary Fund must get out of the tunnel of confused visions and attitudes, and advisers ’contradictions.
There is no way out but to reach decisive results with the IMF, to stop the policies of escaping forward and sending negative messages to the international community like the electrical scandal in the cabinet.
Fourth: The bloc regrets the non-approval of the amnesty law, that can help turn the page of the past, in Parliament. It also regrets that some deviated from the national consensus in the last moment, adding that all parties must understand the concerns of the various regions. The bloc affirms that it will continue to make all efforts to pass this law in cooperation with those keen on protecting Lebanon, its people and its unity, away from the logic of outbidding and populism, because lifting injustice from the people is the main goal of the bloc.
Fifth: On the educational issue, the bloc emphasized the need to take and implement steps to enable public and private schools to emerge from the effects of the corona crisis and face its continuing repercussions on this sector, to maintain the educational process.
In this context, the bloc supported the proposal made by MP Bahia Hariri, in the last legislative session, which was adopted by parliament in terms of granting the educational sector 300 billion Lebanese pounds out of the 1,200 billion pounds that the government dedicated to address the consequences of corona.
The bloc stressed the importance of working to secure all requirements for the end of the current academic year, including paying the dues of free and public schools, meeting basic and emergency needs for the launch of the new academic year, and organizing a comprehensive plan to regularize education in Lebanon that takes into account the developments resulting from the repercussions of the health and economic crises.
Sixth: Concerning the return of the Lebanese people to demonstrate in protest against the miserable conditions, the Future Bloc warns against any violent practices against demonstrators similar to what happened two days ago, and calls on the authority with all its components to adhere to the constitution and laws that provide for the protection of protesters and their right to demonstrate. It calls on protesters to preserve public and private properties and not to deflect demonstrations from their course and goals."
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