{"id":264904,"date":"2019-12-20T16:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=264904"},"modified":"2019-12-20T18:23:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:23:14","slug":"lebanons-new-pm-promises-government-of-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/lebanons-new-pm-promises-government-of-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon\u2019s new PM promises government of experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beirut \u2013 Lebanon\u2019s newly designated prime minister said on Friday (20) that he plans to form a government of experts and independents to deal with the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/imf-lebanons-economy-shows-unique-resilience\/\">economic crisis<\/a>. Lebanese president Michael Aoun asked Diab to form a new government last Thursday (19), Saudi Arabia newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Arab News<\/em><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264876\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000_1N80O9.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-264876\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000_1N80O9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000_1N80O9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000_1N80O9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000_1N80O9.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diab (L) met with Hariri, who\u2019s leaving office, this Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the newspaper, Diab is a university professor and former Education minister. He won a majority of lawmakers\u2019 votes after receiving backing from the powerful Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies. <em>Arab News <\/em>stresses, however, that despite being a Sunni himself, he lacks the support of major Sunni figures, including the largest Sunni party headed by his predecessor Hariri, who\u2019s leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese government is divided into the country\u2019s three main religious groups: president is always a Christian, PM a Sunni and the speaker of the Parliament a Shiite.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264879\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/043_dpa-pa_191220-90-018260_dpai.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-264879\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/043_dpa-pa_191220-90-018260_dpai-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/043_dpa-pa_191220-90-018260_dpai-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/043_dpa-pa_191220-90-018260_dpai-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/043_dpa-pa_191220-90-018260_dpai.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protester argues with soldier in Beirut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Diab, however, emerged from a meeting with Hariri saying the atmosphere was \u201cpositive.\u201d \u201cAs an expert and an independent, my inclination is to form a government that is truly made up of experts and independents,\u201d he was quoted as saying in <em>Arab News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the economic crisis, Lebanon has faced a wave of popular protest <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/in-wake-of-protests-lebanon-passes-reforms-and-2020-budget\/\">since October<\/a> and uncertainty on the formation of a new government. Scuffles broke out this Friday between Hariri\u2019s supporters protesting in Beirut and the army. \u201cI ask them (protesters) to give us a chance to form an exceptional government,\u201d Hassan Diab said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-264875\">AFP<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-264876\">AFP<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-264879\">Marwan Naamani\/DPA\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hassan Diab said that he plans on choosing independents for his office. He faces the challenge with the economic crisis, a wave of protesters, and political disputes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":264875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3066],"tags":[9586,1996,22643,13191,13192,7320,13193],"class_list":{"0":"post-264904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"tag-lebanon-en","9":"tag-beirut","10":"tag-beirute-en","11":"tag-hassan-diab-en","12":"tag-michel-aoun-en","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-saad-hariri-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Hassan Diab said that he plans on choosing independents for his office. 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