On 31 October a two-year presidential political stand-off in Lebanon ended when parliament elected Michel Aoun as president, ending a presidential vacuum. Though people’s opinions about Aoun are mixed, the Lebanese people came together as one to celebrate their new president. But there has been bickering behind the scenes. Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said on Wednesday that the Christian political parties will not hamper the formation of the new government, and that civil war will not erupt if they are not given the finance portfolio. The finance ministry portfolio is paramount in the government. There is a team in the Lebanese Forces that has been preparing for it more than any other portfolio. There has been backbiting over the finance portfolio and distribution of ministries. Pray for the formation of the new cabinet; may it work as one coherent team to take the country from failure to a successful efficient state.