Berri Hails Hariri's National Position on Forming New Government
Speaker Nabih Berri welcomed former Prime Minister Saad Hariri's announcement that he is willing to take part in a government that includes Hizbullah as a political party, reported As Safir newspaper on Saturday.
He hailed the former premier's national position, “which he set as a priority above all else despite the difficult situation in Lebanon.”
The speaker's sources meanwhile told al-Joumhouria newspaper that he had intensified efforts to form a cabinet “as soon as possible, especially given the precarious security situation in the Bekaa and the North.”
Hariri on Friday announced that he is showing positivity in the cabinet formation process, noting that Hizbullah is a political party that is leading a “big coalition.”
He noted that he has not offered “concessions” concerning participation in a cabinet containing Hizbullah and its allies, stressing that “according to the principle of trials, any accused is innocent until proven guilty.”
He made his reference to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon whose trial of four Hizbullah members opened this week.
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