Lebanon’s Hariri again tapped as prime minister
Lebanese President Michel Aoun has tasked veteran politician and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to form a new government.
A year after nationwide protests forced him out of office, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has won the backing of a narrow majority in Lebanon’s parliament and is now tasked with forming a new government for the crisis-wracked country.
On Thursday, President Michel Aoun tapped the 50-year-old Sunni leader after he received the support of most parliamentary blocs, with 65 votes out of 120.
"I will work on forming a government quickly because time is running out and this is the only and last chance facing our country," Hariri said.
Hariri promised to "form a Cabinet of nonpolitically aligned experts with the mission of economic, financial and administrative reforms contained in the French initiative road map."
