Members of the government surrounding President Joseph Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. (Credit: AFP).
BEIRUT —“A government of reform and salvation,” it was under this dual pledge that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam framed his Cabinet’s mandate during the confidence vote parliamentary session in February 2025.While the monopoly on arms — and, more broadly, the establishment of the state’s sole authority over decisions of war and peace — as well as the reconstruction of homes and infrastructure destroyed during the war with Israel, rank among its top priorities, alongside those of the quintet supporting Lebanon, the ministerial statement also outlined a broad reform agenda reaching beyond these issues, particularly in the economic, judicial and administrative spheres.One year on, L’Orient Today revisits those commitments to assess the progress made and where the reform agenda stands today. A year of Salam Behind the scenes at the Grand...
BEIRUT —“A government of reform and salvation,” it was under this dual pledge that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam framed his Cabinet’s mandate during the confidence vote parliamentary session in February 2025.While the monopoly on arms — and, more broadly, the establishment of the state’s sole authority over decisions of war and peace — as well as the reconstruction of homes and infrastructure destroyed during the war with Israel, rank among its top priorities, alongside those of the quintet supporting Lebanon, the ministerial statement also outlined a broad reform agenda reaching beyond these issues, particularly in the economic, judicial and administrative spheres.One year on, L’Orient Today revisits those commitments to assess the progress made and where the reform agenda stands today. A year of Salam Behind the scenes...
