Chatah: "Hezbollah veto power to raise Lebanon's public debt to over ...US$50 Billions..."

AFP, here

"I think the sources of strength in the economy are there," Chatah told AFP. "If we can somehow put together a government that can function better than this one, we can move to rapid and better quality growth."

Chatah said "the divisive politics" in the outgoing government -- where the alliance headed by the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement had veto power --contributed to halting reforms in the country....."