Report: Saniora to Head to Riyadh on Saturday to Meet Hariri
Head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc ex-PM Fouad Saniora will head a delegation to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks with former PM Saad Hariri to brief him on the ongoing consultations among the parties affiliated in March 14 alliance.
According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Friday, Saniora and the accompanying delegation will discuss with Hariri, who is currently in Riyadh, the formation of the cabinet, the new electoral law and the critical situation the country is passing through.
The newspaper said that Saniora will convey Hariri's point of view to his allies.
Concerning the formation of the new cabinet after Prime Minister Najib Miqati announced his resignation last week, As Safir newspaper reported that Hariri hasn't taken his stance from running to the premiership yet.
The newspaper said that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, the United Kingdom and several other western countries are not enthusiastic about the possibility that Hariri might vie for the premiership.
Sources close to the ex-PM said that he strongly opposes the nomination of Miqati to the premiership.
“The man is not desired by us anymore,” the sources said.
They pointed out that Hariri “is the main candidate of the March 14 opposition.”
“Our allies shouldn't say their final decision in the matter before Hariri says who his candidate is,” the sources said.
Hariri, headed a cabinet in 2009, until its collapse in 2011 after March 8 alliance ministers withdrew from his national unity government.
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat's 12-member National Struggle Front parliamentary bloc, along with the March 8 majority led by Hizbullah, brought Miqati to the premiership.
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