Report: Berri dismayed by Mikati's 'unwillingness to form govt.'

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is dismayed by Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati's unwillingness to form a government, sources said.

The sources told al-Akhbar newspaper, in remarks published Wednesday, that Mikati's resorting to Dar al-Fatwa and his mobilization of the Sunnis have deepened the disagreement between the PM and President Michel Aoun.

Meanwhile, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported that Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil and the president's advisor, former minister Salim Jrayssati, have different opinions regarding withdrawing the premiership designation from Mikati.

The daily said it had learned from informed sources that while Bassil supports the designation's withdrawal, Jrayssati considers it constitutionally impossible.