Wednesday, 13 January, 2021 - 11:15
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon. Reuters file photo
Beirut - Mohamed Choucair
Former Prime Ministers Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora, Saad Hariri and Tammam Salam thwarted an attempt by President Michel Aoun to stir sectarian tension with the aim to revive his son-in-law’s political role.
Well-informed sources said that the former premiers, who met on Monday, have decided to refrain from engaging in an open dispute with former Minister Gebran Bassil to spare the country more sectarian and confessional tension.
According to the sources, Bassil’s coup against the political system that regulates relations between the Lebanese sects and which is based on the Taif Accord, has quickly backfired against the former minister and had no political power.