Beirut- Finally someone is thinking about the Lebanese people. Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Annual Arab Banking Conference held at the Phoenicia hotel in Beirut that the new national unity government's policy statement should guarantee a better life for the Lebanese.
"We want the policy statement to become a real preamble for achievements that the Lebanese are awaiting for ... to improve their living conditions and provide them with better living standards," Hariri said
"We want a unity cabinet not only in the political sense but economic" sense as well, Hariri added
Lets hope other politicians will follow suit and start thinking of the Lebanese people who have been sick and tired of waiting to see a government that will start addressing the issues of concern for the people
Thursday
3:45 pm Hariri met with Baroud to discuss internal security and also met the Syrian ambassador
3:35 pm President Suleiman will deliver a speech Saturday at 8 pm on the eve of Lebanese independence day
3:20 pm Public schools will be closed staring Friday Nov 26 and until Monday Nov 30 in observation of the Eid el Adha holiday
2:20pm Dahieh police station arrested a car thief.
2:17pm President Michel Suleiman met with Syrian ambassador Abdel Karim Ali and discussed with him bilateral ties, ongoing contacts over several issues and the latest Lebanese-Syrian summit in Damascus. Suleiman also met Minister Murr and Mps Hamadeh , Saad, Terro and Marouni
1:27pm A team of Russian military experts inspected the Qleiat airbase.
1:15pm PM Hariri met with UNIFIL Commander Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano at the Grand Serail.
1:06pm Belgian ambassador after meeting Phalange leader Amin Gemayel: I informed Gemayel about my country’s support for the new cabinet and hoped it would achieve its goals.
11:20am MP Walid Jumblatt met at his residence in Clemenceau with a delegation from the Tashnag party headed by its Secretary-General Hovig Mekhitarian and MP Hagop Pakradounian.
11:12 The Democratic Left Movement said the formation of the cabinet put obstacles to attempts to bring the country to a standstill. Arms and the defense strategy are the only issue on the agenda of the dialogue table.
10:45 Hariri at the Annual Arab Banking Conference: We want the policy statement to become a preamble for achievements that the Lebanese are awaiting for to improve their living conditions and provide them with better living standards.
9:00 PM Saad Hariri will deliver a speech during the opening of the Annual Arab Banking Conference at the Phoenicia hotel in Beirut.
8:30 Minister of the Displaced Akram Shehayeb told VOL: Discussions inside the ministerial committee will end with a consensus cabinet policy statement which will leave contentious issues to the national dialogue table.
7:30am Former Minister Mario Aoun told VOL: Aoun would visit Bkirki when there is a need for such a visit. The meeting between Jumblatt and Aoun is gathering pace.
Wednesday
11:30 pm New TV: General Kahwaji has revealed from Dubai that the Lebanese security authorities have been able to discover the names of the killers of Walid Eido and Francoise Hajj
10:55 pm Minister Ghazi Aridi told OTV: It is in our national to benefit from past mistakes and try to take advantage of the current positive atmosphere. We have an interest in developing special relations with Syria in line with the Taef accord
11;00 pm US Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin.
10:00pm Mitri: The Ministerial Statement Committee made progress
9:20 pm Algeria beats Egypt 1;0 and qualifies for 2010 World Cup
8:37pm Ministerial Statement Committee meeting ends, Fneish says political issues not resolved yet
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