March 14 Leaves Hariri to Handle Aoun Problem
The March 14 coalition has decided not to respond to latest remarks by Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun and leave PM-designate Saad Hariri to handle this issue.
Well-informed sources, however, told the daily As-Safir in remarks published Tuesday that some March 14 officials called on Hariri in the wake of Aoun”s press conference on Monday "not to succumb to blackmail."
The officials also reportedly urged Hariri to carry on with the government formation process in line with the Cabinet makeup already agreed on.
"Whichever party wants to join the Cabinet, is welcome. If the Opposition, however, rejects, then the PM-designate will have to adopt a mechanism based on the spirit of the parliamentary election outcome," one March 14 official told As-Safir.