The Ministerial Reshuffle... Is Not Imminent

Journalistic information conveyed by visitors of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun indicated that the circulating talk of a ministerial reshuffle or change is not on the table in the manner being promoted, and that no government reshuffle is imminent in the foreseeable future. The information indicated that most of what is being raised about the names of ministers slated to exit or proposed to enter amounts, at the current stage, to political jockeying and one-upmanship, with no serious path toward restructuring the government, amid internal and regional political calculations that do not encourage opening a new government battle, since the cost of a reshuffle at this stage may exceed its benefit.