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| Opposition rejects Hariris proposed government |
| 2009-09-09 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Lebanon's opposition groups formally informed the president on Tuesday of their rejection of a proposed government line-up by prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, raising the possibility that Hariri will step aside. The billionaire magnate handed President Michel Suleiman his proposal on Monday, a move quickly rejected by the "March 8" opposition alliance, that includes Syria- and Iran- backed Hezbollah, because it had not been agreed by them. "We do not consider what happened to be appropriate, either with our democratic values or in how to deal with us. We were demanding from (Hariri) to present a draft that is acceptable to our demands in order to negotiate over it," said Gibran Bassil, a Christian opposition politician, after meeting Suleiman. The delegation also included representatives from Hezbollah and its Shiite ally Amal. |
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