Saad Hariri is the son of assassinated former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, and heir to his father's business fortune and political legacy. There will be a "white revolution against the police state which governed Lebanon for 15 years", he said.

Hariri announced his electoral list of 19 candidates on 15 May, which includes Solange Gemayel, the widow of Maronite Christian militia leader Bashir Gemayel, and Hizbollah member Amin Sherri. The candidates, 10 Christians and nine Muslims, will stand in three multi-member constituencies in Beirut. "We will not let sectarian rancour affect the unity of Beirut and the Lebanese," he said. "The opposition is not divided," Hariri said in reference to Christian demands the 2000 electoral law be changed to permit smaller constituencies to improve Christian representation. Reuters reported that Hariri and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt have been in secret talks with parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri to retain the electoral law, which Christians maintain favours Muslims. As a tactical move, Berri has aligned himself with Hizbollah and Jumblatt announced he will stand with the Maronite Lebanese Forces, his former civil war enemy
Source: MEED