Jumblat: My Bloc to Nominate Hariri for the New Premiership
MP Walid Jumblat assured on Wednesday that his parliamentary bloc will nominate al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri for the premiership post, As Safir daily reported.
“The Democratic Gathering bloc will name Hariri,” the Progressive Socialist Party leader told the daily, as he called for the formation of a “national unity government” that includes all political factions so that it is capable of confronting the challenges facing Lebanon.
On Tuesday, the Change and Reform and al-Mustaqbal blocs announced formally that they nominate Hariri.
The binding parliamentary consultations to name a new premier will kick off today and are to continue until Thursday with the newly elected President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace.
Aoun was elected president on Monday after around two and a half years of presidential void. His presidential chances were largely boosted by a key endorsement from Hariri in mid-October.
Aoun's nomination also received crucial support from Hizbullah and the Lebanese Forces.
Source: Naharnet
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