Analysis: Tensions between Aoun and Berri bode ill for Lebanon
Damascus: Away from media attention, a new rivalry is brewing in Lebanon between President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. The two men, technically part of the same Hezbollah-led March 8 Coalition, are at odds over the promotion of army officers loyal to Aoun, which ought to have happened on January 1, 2021. Shorty before the Christmas holidays, Lebanese Army Command prepared a list of officers earmarked for periodic promotion and sent it to the Ministry of Finance to fix their salary increase, as is customarily done. Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni, a protégé of the speaker of...
Source: gulfnews.com