Aoun delays consultations to designate PM by one week

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun postponed consultations with lawmakers to designate a new prime minister by one week until Dec. 16, the presidency said on Sunday.

The consultations, which had been scheduled for Monday, were postponed after Samir Khatib withdrew his candidacy for the position of prime minister.

In this photo released by Lebanon’s official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, speaks to journalists at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. . (Dalati Nohra via AP) The Associated Press
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3 responses to “Aoun delays consultations to designate PM by one week”

  1. President Aoun looks frail, hope he is not in a coma . I hope when he wakes up he realizes that he has a golden opportunity to use the second half of his term to become the real president of Lebanon by meeting the demands of the protesters . Time to be his own man , should forgo his alliance with Hezbollah . He paid his dues in the first half of his presidency. This takes courage , soon will find out…

    1. A man with a gun to his head has no voice.

  2. President Aoun looks frail, hope he is not in a coma . I hope when he wakes up he realizes that he has a golden opportunity to use the second half of his term to become the real president of Lebanon by meeting the demands of the protesters . Time to be his own man , should forgo his alliance with Hezbollah . He paid his dues in the first half of his presidency. This takes courage , soon will find out…

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