Saturday, May 17, 2008

EIU: Lebanon politics: Square one?

Economist Intelligence Unit

The EIU buys too much into Jumblat's version of events, way way way too much ... and portrays Siniora as having have instigated "a deliberate ploy to expose the destructive tendencies of his opponents".... and finished off on a dud "Mr Siniora may yet be vindicatedbut only if Hizbullah can be persuaded to drop its insistence on the opposition holding veto powers within a national unity government. For Hizbullah to consider such a concession, it would need to receive assurances regarding its right to preserve its military assets"......, Nope! The Opposition will insist on '1/3+1' : Level of trust in whatever Siniora & Co. commits to is minus 100 .....Via Abou Muqawama, here

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