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Lebanon’s Hariri resurfaces as PM candidate as Khatib withdraws

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epa08055857 Protesters carry placards and wave Lebanese flags as they shout slogans against the parlianment members, during an anti-government protest in front of the Parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, 08 December 2019. Protests in Lebanon are continuing since it first erupted on 17 October, as protesters aim to apply pressure on the country's political leaders to over what they view as a lack of progress following the prime minister's resignation on 29 October, demand to speed up the process to appointment of a new prime minister, without the corrupt political class. Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for formal consultations on 09 December with lawmakers to designate a new prime minister, but it was canceled after the candidate Samir Khatib announced his withdrawal from the candidacy, after his visit Dar Al Fatwa, as said to media that, the country's top Sunni religious authority told him the community supports resigned prime minister Saad Hariri to take back the post. EPA-EFE/NABIL MOUNZER

Lebanon’s leading Sunni Muslim politician, Saad al-Hariri, re-emerged as a candidate for prime minister on Sunday when businessman Samir Khatib withdrew his candidacy to lead a government that must tackle an acute economic crisis.

President Michel Aoun responded by postponing until Dec. 16 consultations with lawmakers that had been expected to result in Khatib being named prime minister on Monday. The delay was requested by most parties in parliament, the presidency said.

Hariri quit as prime minister on Oct. 29, prompted by mass protests against an entire political class blamed for state corruption and steering Lebanon into the worst economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

Under the country’s power sharing system, the prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim. Hariri has continued to govern in a caretaker capacity until a new prime minister is named.

Via Reuters

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