Speaker Nabih Berri will not let go of Saad Hariri as prime minister in the event the Mustaqbal Movement leader decided to bow out.
"In the event he apologized … I will only rename Hariri," the daily As-Safir quoted Berri as saying.
It said Hariri contacted Berri on Wednesday to convey his desire to head to Beiteddine to submit his resignation to the President.
As-Safir said Berri pleaded with Hariri to delay his decision a few days, "pending a settlement that would please everybody."