WHEN WILL LEBANON GET A GOVERNMENT? Will Lebanon finally get a new administration? The talks to form a new government have been repeatedly delayed, plunging the country into total paralysis. To no one’s surprise, Saad Hariri hoped to make a comeback. But the two main Christian parties, the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Lebanese Forces, said this week they would not back his nomination. Consultations to find a new premier, due to be held last Thursday, were ‘postponed’ by President Michel Aoun after he received requests from some parliamentary blocs. These obstructions are only making a terrible situation in Lebanon totally unbearable. [COMMENT BY: Omar Shariff, International Editor]
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