Lebanon's president did not mean to revoke Hariri's mandate, son-in-law says
- 4 years ago
Lebanese President Michel Aoun did not intend to revoke prime minister designate Saad al-Hariri's mandate when he wrote to parliament last week declaring that Hariri could not form a government, Aoun's son-in-law said on Saturday.
Veteran Sunni Muslim politician Hariri was nominated in October to form a cabinet after Hassan Diab's government resigned following a Beirut port explosion which killed 200 people and damaged large swathes of the capital.
But Hariri and Aoun have been at loggerheads for months over cabinet positions, blocking the formation of a government that is needed to enact reforms and unlock foreign aid as Lebanon hurtles towards economic collapse.
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