Hariri responds to criticism of the Lebanese presidency



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Hariri responds to criticism of the Lebanese presidency

Reuters MOHAMED AZAKIR

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri rejected the accusations made in a statement by the Lebanese presidency of “appointing ministers uniquely in the new government.”

A statement from Saad Hariri’s media office said today, Monday, that “the prime minister-designate received from President Michel Aoun a list of names of minister candidates at the second meeting between them,” and chose among them “4 names of Christian personalities, in contrast to what was indicated in the palace declaration on the uniqueness of the president in charge of appointing ministers. ” Christians “.

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The statement from Hariri’s office added that the prime minister-designate received, in the last meeting with President Aoun, a “specific proposal to reconsider the distribution of portfolios and communicate with the parliamentary blocs in a way that leads to their representation in the formation of the government and the guarantee of a third party to one of the partisan parties “.

Hariri’s office confirmed that it hopes that the presidency “will give its directives to stop manipulating the course of the formation of the government and control the pace of advisers in a way that facilitates the creation process, does not complicate it.”

This came in response to a statement issued by the Lebanese presidency today, Monday, in which it said that the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, objected to the “uniqueness” of the designated prime minister, Saad Hariri, in nominating ministers, especially Christians. , “not agreeing” with him.

Source: Lebanese National Media Agency



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