Lebanonâs Prime Minister-designate Fuad Siniora endured a new setback yesterday in his bid to form a government when firebrand Christian leader Michel Aoun said his bloc would not take part. Aounâs refusal to participate comes after Siniora submitted a list of a proposed 30-member government to President Emile Lahoud in the hope he had finally succeeded in breaking the deadlock after two weeks of stalled talks.Former Gen. Aoun had at the weekend said he was ready to resume talks on joining the government after a previous round of negotiations collapsed over demands that the bloc of Reform and Change be given the Ministry of Justice. âAfter responding positively to the request to participate in a government of national unity, the bloc was surprised by the calling into question of the accord, which created a climate lacking in confidence,â a statement from the bloc said. âIt is for this reason that our bloc has decided to link its ultimate participation in the government to the respect of agreements made in the past.â In Sinioraâs proposed government, the first since Syria pulled out its troops in April after almost three decades of military presence, four ministerial posts were allocated to Aounâs bloc. But the bloc, which has 21 seats in Parliament and groups together Aounâs Free Patriotic Movement and its allied MPs, has been looking to be given five ministers.