Government

The Issue of Enforced Disappearances on the Council of Ministers' Agenda

Both issues of people reported missing during the war and Lebanese detainees in Syria will be on the agenda of the next government meeting. No date has yet been set for the meeting, which is due to take place next week, but a 35-point agenda has already been distributed to the ministers. The agenda includes two items related to the issue of ...

Syria: Mohammed al-Bashir Appointed Head of Transitional Government

The Syrian rebels now in power in Damascus have appointed Mohammed al-Bashir as head of a transitional government that will be in place until March 1, state media said Tuesday. "The general command has tasked us with running the transitional government until March 1," said a statement attributed to Bashir on state television's ...

Mawlawi: Draft Law to Rebuild the Country Has Been Approved

Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced that “a draft law for the reconstruction of the country has been approved by the Council of Ministers,” before specifying that this draft will be submitted to Parliament for approval. Speaking from the city of Tyre, where the Council of Ministers meeting was being held, Mawlawi added, “We ...

Audi Slams Parliament: 'It Is a Mere Reflection of Government'

The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut, Bishop Elias Audi, wondered on Sunday “how can parliament, which does not convene, hold the government accountable when it is itself a mere reflection of the Executive?” He also asked how accountability can exist without a real separation of powers. “Hence, the necessity for electing a president as ...