Report: Govt. Formation Efforts on Hold as Suleiman Takes Short Vacation
The efforts to form a new government are likely to come to a halt as President Michel Suleiman is scheduled to take a short vacation, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Wednesday.
It said that family obligations are forcing him to take the vacation that he had previously canceled in light of the recent security developments in Lebanon.
The president had initially canceled his vacation over the weekend after receiving “worrying information” on the security situation in the country.
He was expected to travel to Saudi Arabia on a brief visit before heading on holiday to Europe.
Thirty people were killed and 336 wounded in a bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahieh on Thursday.
On Saturday afternoon, security agencies seized a car filled with 250 kilograms of explosives near the municipality building in the Naameh region in southern Lebanon.
At least three people detained by the General Security Directorate confessed that they were planning to detonate the car in an undisclosed location in Lebanon.
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