Lebanon's president offers to abolish confession-based distribution of ministerial posts

Lebanese President Michel Aoun presented on Monday an offer to abolish the sectarian principle to distribute portfolios among the country's ministries and implement the constitutional system in a bid to resolve the fresh government crisis. [ . . . ] "There is a need to return to the constitution, as it does not stipulate the conferment of a specific ministry to a particular religious confession. I propose to cancel the confessional distribution of ministerial posts," Aoun told a press conference at the Baabda presidential palace.
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