Aoun calls for consultations to designate new PM
by yalibnan
December 5, 2019
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In this photo released by Lebanon’s official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with political leaders with the aim of finding solutions to the country’s economic crisis, in the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Aoun said in a speech at the opening of the one-day session that everyone should make “sacrifices” in order to get one of the world’s most indebted countries out of its problems. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
BEIRUT
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BEIRUT – Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for formal consultations on Monday with lawmakers to designate a new prime minister, a statement from the presidency said on Wednesday.
Aoun is required to designate the candidate with the greatest support among Lebanon’s 128 lawmakers. The prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim according to Lebanon’s sectarian system of government.
Saad al-Hariri, the outgoing prime minister, quit on Oct. 29 in response to protests against the ruling elite.
(Reuters)