Hariri on Independence Day: Vacuum at Presidential Post an Insult
Former Prime Minister and al-Mustaqbal movement chief Saad Hariri stated on Saturday that Lebanon celebrates its Independence Day this year with sorrow and that the vacuum at the top state post is an insult to the Lebanese.
“The vacuum at the presidential post is the biggest insult to the Lebanese people on their national day of Independence,” said Hariri via Twitter.
He stressed: “The army and legality are the guarantor for independence, and the presidency is the guarantor for stability of the political system.
“Congratulating the Lebanese on Independence Day will not be complete in light of the vacuum at the top state post.”
Lebanon celebrates its 72nd Independence Day in the absence of a head of state.
The country has been in a presidential vacuum since the term of President Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014.
Conflicts between the rival March 8 and March 14 camps have thwarted all the attempts made so far to elect a successor.
Source: Naharnet
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