Saad Hariri calls for accelerating formation of new government to save country

BEIRUT, Dec. 24 (YPA) – The Lebanese Prime Minister-designate, Saad Hariri, said on Wednesday that Lebanon is collapsing and that the formation of the government must be accelerated to save it.

Hariri indicated, in a televised speech, that there are many obstacles that have delayed the formation of the new government.

“We may be late in forming the government, and this matter, unfortunately, constitutes pressure on the country,” he said.

“The politicians must know that the country is rapidly collapsing, and the formation of a government of specialists must be accelerated,” he added.

He stressed that the moment of forming the government will undoubtedly be a breakthrough to save the country, expressing his keenness to form it, in cooperation with President Michel Aoun.

YPA