If you remember in one of my first entries, I had said that Najib Mikati, a Hezbollah was prime minister of Lebanon. Well, just a few weeks ago, we watched this same man resign from his position and make history in the lebanese territory.
However, while it might sound daring that a prime minister resigns, some sources mention that his action was somewhat expected ever since he started having problems with his own party. According to the Forbes website, the reason why resigned was no other than the increase in tension over the supporters and opposition of Bashar-al-Assad. Also, he was scared that the elections that were scheduled to happen soon would cause much turmoil in the government specially because discussion over a new electoral law was takin place.
In an article for the Al Arabiya website, Mustafa Allouch, a member of the Lebanese government said that Mikati’s resignation "came very late and will not change much in the country’s political dynamics.”Allouch said Mikati has long sought “a way out because Hezbollah’s camp is weak.” However, the limitation of a quote like this is due to the fact that Mustafa Allouch is part of the Sunni party but also has a past for greatly criticizing the Hezbollah. On the other hand, because we can categorize him as part of the opposition, he might be able to give us information that the Hezbollah party itself does not put out such as its own weakness.
With 124 of the 128 votes, the new Prime minister of Lebanon is Tammam Salam. he is obviously part of the Hezbollah and he seemed pretty confident when he said that "The consensus around my nomination is the biggest proof of the intention of political forces to save the country."
Sources:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/2013/03/22/Lebanon-back-in-political-deadlock-PM-Mikati-set-to-resign.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zinamoukheiber/2013/03/22/billionaire-lebanese-prime-minister-najib-mikati-resigns/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/world/middleeast/tamam-salam-asked-to-form-a-government-in-lebanon.html?_r=0
However, while it might sound daring that a prime minister resigns, some sources mention that his action was somewhat expected ever since he started having problems with his own party. According to the Forbes website, the reason why resigned was no other than the increase in tension over the supporters and opposition of Bashar-al-Assad. Also, he was scared that the elections that were scheduled to happen soon would cause much turmoil in the government specially because discussion over a new electoral law was takin place.
In an article for the Al Arabiya website, Mustafa Allouch, a member of the Lebanese government said that Mikati’s resignation "came very late and will not change much in the country’s political dynamics.”Allouch said Mikati has long sought “a way out because Hezbollah’s camp is weak.” However, the limitation of a quote like this is due to the fact that Mustafa Allouch is part of the Sunni party but also has a past for greatly criticizing the Hezbollah. On the other hand, because we can categorize him as part of the opposition, he might be able to give us information that the Hezbollah party itself does not put out such as its own weakness.
With 124 of the 128 votes, the new Prime minister of Lebanon is Tammam Salam. he is obviously part of the Hezbollah and he seemed pretty confident when he said that "The consensus around my nomination is the biggest proof of the intention of political forces to save the country."
Sources:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/2013/03/22/Lebanon-back-in-political-deadlock-PM-Mikati-set-to-resign.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zinamoukheiber/2013/03/22/billionaire-lebanese-prime-minister-najib-mikati-resigns/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/world/middleeast/tamam-salam-asked-to-form-a-government-in-lebanon.html?_r=0
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