The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, considered that “no one can consider us as part of the system, we are the opposite,” saying: “But the country’s composition required our participation in governments. Was it possible to form a government without representatives of the various components?”
During a television interview, Bassil pointed out that “there is no attempt by President Mikati to form a government, as he does not want to bear the burden of the central government and the achievement of the port and the issue of Line 29 if we have to, in addition to the issue of the displaced.”
In this context, the head of the “current” stressed that “whoever does not want a government is the one who visits Baabda and puts a formation before the President of the Republic and tells him these are the names, and you changed 3 names of your ministers in them, and there is another name that you changed in agreement with President Berri.”
He added, “We blame our allies who named Mikati, knowing that he will not be formed, and we were warned of that.”
Bassil addressed the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and the Ministry of Energy, saying, “I am going to Mr. Nasrallah and the Ministry of Energy to request free Iranian fuel, and tomorrow we will have 10 hours of electricity.”
He continued, “It is the American political decision that prevents the access of electricity and gas to Lebanon.”