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Hariri seeks a cabinet with 25% women representation
5-6-2018
In its issue of today, Al Diyar newspaper reported that premier Saad Hariri appointed to form a new government seeks to give women at least one fourth of ministerial seats in his upcoming cabinet. Al Diyar pointed out that Hariri has repeatedly mentioned to his guests, including MP elect Paula Yacoubian, that he wishes to see women ministers occupying 25% of the cabinet. The prime minister seems to have taken the decision to put into action the principle of ‘ministerial quota’, by appointing 2 women out of 5 ministers assigned for the quota of his Future Parliamentary bloc, Al Diyar wrote. Citing informed sources, the newspaper said Hariri has advised all parliamentary blocs to try to recruit women to represent them in the anticipated government, in order to reach a 25% quota of women ministers. On the other hand, the Future Movement MP elect, Roula Tabsh, visited yesterday the Grand Mufti, Sheikh Abdel Latif Daryan at Dar el Fatwa accompanied by MPs Bahiya Hariri and Dima Jamali. “We are honored to present to His Eminence the projected work plan which covers the various economic, political and social aspects in general, and particularly, the role of women, their empowerment and activation in society,” Tabsh said at the end of the visit. “We aspire to remove the injustices against women and society,” she added, reiterating her wish to prove that Muslim women and women in general can reach decision-making positions and make a difference at all levels. (An Nahar, Al Mustaqbal, June 5, 2018)
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