MP Walid Jumblat assured on Wednesday that his parliamentary bloc will nominate al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri for the premiership post, As Safir daily reported.
“The Democratic Gathering bloc will name Hariri,” the Progressive Socialist Party leader told the daily, as he called for the formation of a “national unity government” that includes all political factions so that it is capable of confronting the challenges facing Lebanon.
On Tuesday, the Change and Reform and al-Mustaqbal blocs announced formally that they nominate Hariri.
The binding parliamentary consultations to name a new premier will kick off today and are to continue until Thursd