Hariri Meets Aoun, Submits New Cabinet Line-Up
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri held a meeting Wednesday afternoon with President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace.
Hariri -- who arrived in Baabda directly from a Cairo meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi -- said he submitted to Aoun a draft line-up for "a 24-minister cabinet of specialists" according to "the French initiative and Speaker Nabih Berri's initiative."
"I hoped for an answer from the president by tomorrow in order to act accordingly," Hariri told reporters after the meeting.
He added that such a government would be "capable of reviving the country and halting the collapse."
"Now is the time of truth," Hariri went on to say.
MTV had earlier reported that "Hariri might have changed his cabinet line-up after his visit to Egypt to make it more flexible and discussable."
"Hariri intends to discuss with President Aoun new names," the TV network added, quoting sources close to Hariri as saying that his resignation is "not certain."
Source: Naharnet
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