Lebanese Ministry of Information
BEIRUT: President Michel Aoun will make no decision regarding Prime Minister Hariri’s resignation announcement until Hariri returns to Lebanon, Baabda sources told The Daily Star Sunday.
Constitutionally, the source said, Hariri’s resignation had already been completed and did not need to be submitted in writing, but its acceptance would not be addressed until Hariri returned to Lebanon.
Aoun hoped to discuss with Hariri the circumstances surrounding his decision, the source said, adding that Aoun sees Lebanon’s security and financial situations as stable. Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Sunday that the Lebanese pound’s exchange rate against the U.S. dollar was secure.
The Baabda source also said that Speaker Nabih Berri’s telephone call with Aoun Sunday following Berri’s meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had been the speaker’s second contact with Aoun in the wake of Hariri’s resignation announcement.
The Daily Star
