After three months of deadlock over the lineup of the next Lebanese cabinet, President Michel Sleiman says the country’s next government would be formed in a few days.
On Saturday, leading Lebanese daily As-Safir said Sleiman’s latest talks over the issue with prime minister designate Najib Mikati had been hopeful.
President Michel Sleiman
Sources with the presidential Baabda Palace quoted the president as saying that Mikati would form the government before a parliamentary session scheduled for June 8.
The Lebanese government fell apart on January 12, when 10 ministers from the March 8 Alliance, which is led by the Hezbollah resistance movement, and another cabinet member named by Sleiman resigned, depleting more than a third of the cabinet. Read more
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