Miqati Hesitant on Succeeding Hariri despite Rising Chances
With PM-designate Saad Hariri inching further towards giving up the mission of forming a new government, the search for a successor appears to have started behind the scenes.
“Although the chances of ex-PM Najib Miqati are rising, he has not yet taken a final decision,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Wednesday.
“Miqati has not taken his decision under the excuse that he cannot achieve anything if the foreign forces will not help Lebanon and if the Sunni community will not provide him with a cover,” the daily added.
Quoting informed sources, al-Akhbar said Miqati’s chances as a possible PM-designate candidate are nevertheless surging.
“He is saying that he might not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which means that he is a candidate to lead a government whose mission would be holding the elections,” the sources added.
“What might encourage him to accept the ‘adventure’ are French, European and Qatari promises, as well as promises from other countries, to offer Lebanon assistance should a government reflecting confidence be formed,” the sources went on to say, noting that such a government should commit to implementing a reformist program.
Al-Akhbar also reported that Speaker Nabih Berri is “rejecting the nomination of any figure that Aoun and Jebran Bassil had promoted in the past.”
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