Report: Aoun says 'no need' for new govt. as US, Hezbollah push for formation

President Michel Aoun would rather focus on the upcoming presidential election, as he thinks there is no more need to form a government only days before the end of his presidential term, sources said.

A political source told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Monday, that Aoun has shared his thoughts over the matter with French President Emmanuel Macron in their latest phone call, days ago.

Meanwhile, Washington and Hezbollah are pushing toward forming a new government, informed political sources told the daily.

For Washington, a new government would protect the U.S. brokered maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel, the sources said, adding that Hezbollah, for its part, wants to prevent a highly probable controversy over the powers of the caretaker government in case of a presidential void.