Coalition turns again to caretaker govt as efforts fail to form new one: statement

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian opposition’s National Coalition, in an official statement, demanded Ahmed Tomeh to keep working with his caretaker government since all efforts to form a new one have been failed.

The statement of the key opposition group came with more rifts floating on the surface as 5 ministers failed to reach the quorum of 56-vote to win in confidence vote last Sunday.

The last few days witnessed sharp hassles among the NC members, who met in their regular meeting in Istanbul, to discuss Tomeh's proposed formation for the new cabinet.
Head of Coalition’s Legal Committee, Haytham al-Maleh, said on Tuesday that Tomeh’s list had won by acclamation and vote and is a legitimate government. But many members disagreed with this propose.

In his turn, Hadi al-Bahra, Head of the Coalition called on the members to avoid polarization and partisan loyalties in order to form a new government.

Bahra, in statement to Zaman al-Wasl, said the new interim government should include Syrian youth who are able to work inside the war-torn country.

Sunday’s vote results were as following:

Ghassan Hito: Deputy - (53 votes)

Salim Idriss: Defense - (58 votes)

Awad Ahmed al-Ali: Interior- (57votes)

Qais al-Sheikh: Justice- (53 votes)

Hussein Bakkour: Local Administration- (56 votes)

Imad Barq: Education- (57 votes)

Mohamed Wajih Joma’a: Health – (57 votes)

Walid al-Zoubi: Infrastructure and Agriculture- (56 votes)

Taghrid al-Hajali: Culture- (48 votes)

Elias Warde: Energy and Mineral Resources- (52 votes)