Report: Hezbollah trying to persuade Aoun with Mikati's line-up
Hezbollah is trying to persuade President Michel Aoun and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil to facilitate the government formation, a Kuwaiti media report said.
The Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper said that according to its sources, Bassil will not stand still while the energy portfolio is being taken away from the FPM, while Hezbollah thinks that "a short-term Cabinet is not worth all the tension."
The sources said that Bassil's refusal to accept the line-up will be met with a strict political response. The daily reported a possibility of holding early Presidential elections.
The sources added that Aoun will officially respond to Mikati on Monday or Tuesday. "Unless he decides to reject the line-up, then he will postpone the response until after the Adha holidays."
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