In a statement issued after its periodic meeting under MP Taymour Jumblat, the bloc called for “resolving the obstacles, eliminating the hurdles, respecting the results of the elections, unifying the standards and taking into consideration the real representation of forces and parties.”

MP Ziad Aswad of the Free Patriotic Movement meanwhile took to Twitter to emphasize that the PSP should only get two ministers in the new government.

“The election results gave you two ministers. Period. From now on, no one will be eliminated in Mount Lebanon,” Aswad said, addressing Walid Jumblat and apparently referring to allocating the third Druze seat to MP Talal Arslan, who was allied with the FPM in the elections.

Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Aoun, Jumblat said their talks did not tackle the issue of the cabinet formation process.

“No, we did not tackle this issue. The president did not raise the issue with me and I, in my turn, did not raise it,” Jumblat said.

Asked whether he was still insisting that the PSP be allocated all three Druze seats in the government, Jumblat answered: “Yes, because this is the vote result. Popular and political voting gave us this right. We might all lose in the upcoming elections.”