Hariri to Hold Beirut Press Conference on Govt. Formation Developments
Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has decided to return to Lebanon and voice a stance on the current standoff in the cabinet formation process, his office said.
A statement issued by the office said Hariri will hold a press conference Tuesday at 1:30 pm at the Center House to discuss “the developments in the cabinet formation process.”
Hariri traveled to Paris on November 1 and his long stay there is believed to be in protest at Hizbullah's insistence on representing a grouping of six Sunni MPs in the new government.
The PM-designate had reportedly said that he prefers to step down rather than give those MPs a seat from his own share.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah threw his support behind the Sunni group on Saturday, insisting that they should be represented in the government.
“Sectarian incitement will not benefit you and the solution to the Sunni obstacle lies with you,” Nasrallah said, addressing Hariri.
“The decision belongs to the Sunni MPs and we will accept what they accept,” Nasrallah, whose party has refrained from providing Hariri with the names of its Shiite ministers, added.
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