Miqati to Move to 'Plan B', Might Step Down

Prime Minister Najib Miqati might soon move to “plan B” should the governmental paralysis continue, seeing as the impasse further complicates the solutions for the country’s unprecedented financial and economic collapse, a ministerial source said.

“He might resort to the option of resignation and his moves will start next week,” the source told al-Liwaa newspaper in remarks published Friday.

Political sources meanwhile expected a worsening of the diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries, amid a continued failure by the country’s leaders, especially Miqati and President Michel Aoun, to find an exit.

The sources said Aoun and Miqati failed to agree on a solution in their meeting on Thursday after the President “rejected the option of sacking Information Minister George Kordahi to avoid its negative repercussions on his relation with Hizbullah.”

Miqati instead openly called on Kordahi to voluntarily submit his resignation in order to “pacify the atmosphere and later launch contacts with the officials in the Gulf countries to discuss means to resolve the crisis,” the sources added.