The new government is being received in various ways, as March 14 strongly slams its establishment, other parts express hope, and members reveal enthusiasm and persistence.

The new Lebanese government was received in two opposing ways.

The new majority has been supporting the establishment of a government that includes all the Lebanese parts and is headed by PM Najib Miqati on one hand, and the March 14 opposition that has been slamming the establishment of a government with a PM that is not Saad Hariri.

As soon as the government was announced Monday, March 14 came out to assault the “confrontational government”, reiterating the same symphony and claiming that “it will seek to consolidate itself against the repercussions of the STL’s indictment”.

Also, another “high-ranking” March 14 figure said that “Hezbollah’s government was formed due to the situation in Syria”, while a Future party source regarded the government as “the cabinet of Jisr Al-Shugour”.

For his part, Head of the Lebanese Forces party and March 14 member Samir Geagea, received the step with “No congrats to Lebanon for this government… and the rest is for later”.

“Everyone moves forward, except for the governments in Lebanon… they move backward”, he said.

On the other hand, head of the National Struggle Front MP Walid Jumblat revealed an optimistic stance, saying that “the new majority proved that, despite all the internal and external obstacles as well as some personal requests that are always present during government formations, it could establish a new government that we hope would deal with all the files; however, we focus on the economic and social file”.

MP Jumblat expressed gratitude for all those who contributed in eliminating obstacles, specifying President Michel Suleiman who has “assured his unbiased stance” and Parliament Speaker Nabil Berri who “presented strong efforts to overcome the last obstacles and had a special role”.

Furthermore, MP Jumblatt thanked PM Najib Miqati as he “kept his promise to the Progressive Socialist Party and to the Druze”, assuring that he understands some objections in their content and not form.

He urged the new government to take gradual steps that would restore trust and stability and protect civil peace, and stressed the importance of reactivating the economic movement and solving the social problems that increased in the last period.

In parallel, Minister of State Panos Manjian stated that “this government is a government of deed and not a government of confrontations, neither with the international community nor with another Lebanese groups”.

Manjian indicated that “the social, daily life, and financial problems are a priority in the new government’s work”.

As for Minister of Interior Charbel Nahhas, he emphasized that “his priority is for the security and military side”, considering that having control over the laws would restore trust in the internal security forces.

He assured that “we will seek to return this organization to the right track”, pointing out that “General Ashraf Rifi is one of the best officers in respecting the law… the information branch have succeeded in some tasks and failed in others, and this should not happen again”.

Moreover, Minister of Communications Nicolas Sahnawi said that he will proceed in the methods presented by his predecessors Gebran Bassil and Charbel Nahhas.

Sahnawi revealed that he will cooperate with the ministry of finance to reduce the prices of communicational usage in Lebanon without affecting the government’s income.