Report: Saudi, UAE Press Hariri on LF, PSP Representation
Saudi Arabia and the UAE have called on Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri not to accept a government line-up in which the Lebanese Forces does not get the share it is asking for, a media report said.
The two Gulf powerhouses in addition to Egypt have also asked Hariri to prevent any attempt to “besiege ex-MP Walid Jumblat through the infiltration of Druze representation,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Saturday.
Moreover, Sunni politicians have received requests from the three Arab countries to “stand by Hariri” as he seeks to prevent any “encroachment on his jurisdiction,” the daily added.
Hariri was tasked with forming a new government on May 24. The main obstacle hindering his mission is political wrangling over Christian and Druze representation.
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