Miqati Forgives Hariri: His Actions Didn’t Fit his Position
Premier-designate Najib Miqati told An Nahar newspaper on Saturday that he forgives caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri for treating him inappropriately after his appointment as PM-designate in January.
“I forgive him (Hariri) for how he treated me, and I hope that he recognizes in the future that these actions didn’t suit his position and I didn’t deserve it,” he said.
Addressing local developments, he stressed that the Taef Accord was created to protect the state.
“It’s the product of a settlement between injustice and fear,” Miqati added.
In answering a question if the agreement still stands, the premier-designate called on “accepting the other and understanding that he is the real partner in the nation.”
He explained his centrist stances saying that it focuses on “partnership, accountability, pluralism, and transparency.”
The newspaper quoted him as saying: “There is no motherland without a land, no land without its people, no people without an entity, no entity without sovereignty, no sovereignty without unity, and no unity without agreement.”
On economic issues, he said that agreement requires trust and politics should be serving the economy not vice-versa, adding that his development plan, “the path to Beirut’s charter,” focuses on a productive community.
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