Kassem Hashem: Contacts intensify to form cabinet before holidays

NNA - Deputy Kassem Hashem said on Thursday "contacts will intensify to speed up the cabinet formation before the holidays". The MP denied that formation consultations have returned to square one. "It is the interest of all the Lebanese factions to facilitate the formation and not to set obstacles," he told the "Voice of Lebanon" radio. Commenting on the 30-member cabinet, he said "the 30-member cabinet is better than 24 as it will include all the Lebanese factions".