The Cabinet meets at its headquarters under the presidency of Emile Lahoud in 2004. (Credit: Mahmoud Tawil/L'Orient-Le Jour archives)
Neither at the Grand Serail nor at the Baabda Palace. During last Thursday’s Cabinet session, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that future meetings will be held at the Cabinet’s headquarters, near the National Museum — unless other premises are selected. This decision reflects Salam’s determination to implement the provisions of the Taif Agreement (adopted in 1989 to end the Civil War) — a commitment he has reiterated since his designation in January.Salam’s decision seeks to enforce Article 65 of the Constitution, which states that “the Cabinet meets periodically in a special seat. The head of state presides over the meeting when present.”This sentence was incorporated in September 1990, during the constitutional amendments following the Taif Agreement.“The issue of a special seat for the Cabinet was genuinely discussed during the Taif...
Neither at the Grand Serail nor at the Baabda Palace. During last Thursday’s Cabinet session, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that future meetings will be held at the Cabinet’s headquarters, near the National Museum — unless other premises are selected. This decision reflects Salam’s determination to implement the provisions of the Taif Agreement (adopted in 1989 to end the Civil War) — a commitment he has reiterated since his designation in January.Salam’s decision seeks to enforce Article 65 of the Constitution, which states that “the Cabinet meets periodically in a special seat. The head of state presides over the meeting when present.”This sentence was incorporated in September 1990, during the constitutional amendments following the Taif Agreement.“The issue of a special seat for the Cabinet was genuinely...