Hezbollah has been mediating to bridge differences among its allies, an act that would pave way for comprise solutions by the government on the electricity crisis and rampant corruption.
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah is expected to hold a meeting with the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, to coordinate on several issues that would be put on the new cabinet’s agenda.
The Shiite party is considered a go-between to settle differences among its allies - the FPM, the Amal Movement of Speaker Nabih Berri and the Marada Movement, which is headed by Suleiman Franjieh.
“Hezbollah has launched an initiative to calm tension among these parties because it needs to make achievements on issues that require ministerial solidarity,” the sources said.
The cabinet is expected to vote on important matters such as providing 24-hour electricity and fighting corruption.
Amal, Hezbollah and other Lebanese parties agree that the government needs to be productive and avoid quarrels.
“We were the first to call for limiting tension because the situation can no longer bear more crises,” Amal official Deputy Ali Khreiss told Asharq Al-Awsat.
Marada sources agree that the cabinet should be productive.
“There is a need to stop corruption,” they told Asharq Al-Awsat.
According to former minister Ghattas Khoury, who is close to Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the government is invited to work because the country can no longer tolerate a further deterioration in the situation.
“Hezbollah is a principle part of Lebanon. There are two ways to deal with the party: Either appease or launch an attack against it. But, we choose appeasement and protecting civil peace.”
