Christians clash with Lebanese security forces - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
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From Aoun’s perspective, in the absence of a president, there must be some consensus within the government to approve the government’s agenda, based on the constitutional text stipulating that the Cabinet shall act on behalf of the president in his absence. The prime minister and his political party believe that the government has the right to act on behalf of the president without consensus of all its components. This dilemma has existed since the end of the Lebanese president’s mandate in May 2014.
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