Way paved for new cabinet in Lebanon?

In the National/ here

"..... an unexpected meeting in Riyadh last week between Bashar Assad, the Syrian president, and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was expected to smooth the way for forming a new cabinet, considered essential to governing Lebanon’s many fractious political and sectarian parties.

“If the Saudis responded to the Syrian initiative and King Abdullah decided to visit Syria, we will have a new government in Lebanon,” said Tannous Moawad, a retired army general and the head of Middle East Studies, a Lebanese research agency (?)....

Ziad Abs, from Mr Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement, said the meeting would be more practical.  “We already agreed on the form of the new government which will remain faithful to the 15-10-5 formula. No more wasting time, this time around we will eventually have a government that will satisfy all parties,” he said......Hariri is expected to make major concessions based on the Saudis’ recommendations.

Mr Abs said that any new government would include Mr Aoun’s son-in-law, Jubran Bassil, the current minister of telecommunications. .... An official with the parliamentary majority said Mr Hariri would be more flexible this time around. “We should expect a new government early next month,” the official said on condition of anonymity. 

With the division over Hizbollah’s unwillingness to disarm, it would be unrealistic for the majority to rule without the minority’s consent. 

Mr Moawad, however, was skeptical that the result would be of benefit to the country. “If there was a Syrian-Saudi agreement, the new government will comply with the minority’s demands, and the new government might be worse than having no functioning government as it will be a constant heated debate over all essential issues,” said Mr Moawad. “Those who have the weapons will win and those who have the legitimacy will lose. That’s the only constant equation that applies in Lebanon’s politics,” he said."