MP Sakr: Mikati should step down, Hariri should be the PM

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March 14 MP Okab Sakr said in an interview with LBC television on Thursday that the only condition to participate in the cabinet is for Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati to step down from his position and be replaced by outgoing PM Saad Hariri because he represents the public and is supported by the Sunnis.

“I do not support the Future bloc’s questions to Mikati because these questions were addressed to the wrong party. They should have been addressed to Hezbollah.” Sakr said

The Future Movement MPs asked Mikati to clarify his stance on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and the illegal weapons ( Weapons outside the control of the Lebanese army) , MP Fouad Siniora said last Thursday after the bloc met with Mikati for consultations on cabinet formation.

The March 14 alliance is reportedly demanding that Mikati, a political moderate with good ties to Syria, guarantee he will not disavow the tribunal.

Commenting on the form of participation in the cabinet , Sakr said

“I will criticize March 14 if it accepts to have the blocking third. I am against the blocking third because the March 14 would then become a party that obstructs.”

Mikati, backed Hezbollah and its March 8 allies , was appointed by president Michel Suleiman as PM-designate to form and head the next cabinet , giving Hezbollah and its allies increased leverage in the country and provoking widespread protests.

The Iranian- and Syria-backed Hezbollah brought down Hariri’s government on January 12 over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s ( STL) indictment which is widely expected to implicate Hezbollah members in the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri in 2005 .

Mikati held two days of talks with parliamentary groups on forming his government last week with the Hariri camp still refusing to join his administration. Now Lebanon

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9 responses to “MP Sakr: Mikati should step down, Hariri should be the PM”

  1. Mosetsfire Avatar
    Mosetsfire

    Sakr ya Batal…Maybe some one needs to remind Mikati, Safadi and Jumbatt that the reason they are in the position they are now is because they ran on March 14 tickets…

  2. Sakr ya Batal…Maybe some one needs to remind Mikati, Safadi and Jumbatt that the reason they are in the position they are now is because they ran on March 14 tickets…

  3. A second cedar revolution should take place. This revolution should be againts Hez and it allies. The people of lebanon should take the street peacefully to show the world that the majority of lebanese don’t share the view of these Iranian proxies.

  4. A second cedar revolution should take place. This revolution should be againts Hez and it allies. The people of lebanon should take the street peacefully to show the world that the majority of lebanese don’t share the view of these Iranian proxies.

  5. Jean Jacques Francois Avatar
    Jean Jacques Francois

    Sakr is right – Hezballah have turned the farce that we call a democracy into their own private dictatorship. The next step is to issue VVIP cards to select members of parliament that give them special access to the champagne room where Berri takes bribes for votes, and gives Hassoun and Micho lap dances.

  6. Jean Jacques Francois Avatar
    Jean Jacques Francois

    Sakr is right – Hezballah have turned the farce that we call a democracy into their own private dictatorship. The next step is to issue VVIP cards to select members of parliament that give them special access to the champagne room where Berri takes bribes for votes, and gives Hassoun and Micho lap dances.

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