Lebanese Shi'ite groups Hezbollah and Amal will nominate Mustapha Adib to be Lebanon's next prime minister, the candidate put forward by the ...
A file photo taken on Jul 18, 2013, shows Lebanon's ambassador to Berlin Mustapha Adib posing for a picture upon his appointment to the position, in Bellevue Castle in the German capital Berlin. BEIRUT: Lebanon's ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion.
The post of prime minister must go to a Sunni Muslim in Lebanon's sectarian system. Adib's candidacy won vital political backing on Sunday from former prime ministers including Saad al-Hariri, who heads the biggest Sunni party, the Future Movement. Lebanon's dominant Shi'ite parties, the Iran-backed Hezbollah and the Amal Movement led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, will both name Adib at the consultations, a senior Shi'ite source said.The Christian Free Patriotic Movement , a political ally of Hezbollah which was founded by Aoun and is led today by his son-in-law Gebran Bassil, will do the same, Bassil told Reuters.
Once designated, the process of forming a new government will get underway. Until a new administration is agreed, the Diab government continues in a caretaker capacity.
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