Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday held a short meeting with a leading businessman Najib Mikati, began receiving the support of the majority of parliamentarians later on to try to form a government.
Mikati, who has been the prime minister twice before and unlike many Lebanese leaders did not come from political blocks or dynasties, did not give any statements after the meeting.
Like the previous candidate, Saad Al-Hariri, he faced a major challenge in navigating the structure of the division of Lebanese power to secure an agreement in the cabinet to overcome a cripple financial crisis.
While Lebanon has been carried out by the government of the guard for almost a year, because the big explosion destroys most of Beirut, the currency has collapsed, the work has disappeared and the bank has a frozen account.
Economic free was the worst crisis of Lebanon since the civil war in 1975-90.
A senior political source said on Sunday that Hezbollah, many armed Shiite Islamist movements armed with Washington were terrorist groups, arranged to nominate Mikati, and that most of the main parliamentary blocks supported nominees.
Among the Mikati supporters was Hariri, who left his efforts to form a new government last week after almost 10 months failed to approve his makeup with Aoun.
Hariri told reporters after meeting Aoun that he hoped Mikati would be chosen and succeeded in forming a cabinet.
“This country has the opportunity today,” he said.
News about Mikati’s term is likely to increase the Lebanese pound on an unofficial parallel market, where the dollar changes around 16,500 pounds, compared to more than 22,000 at the peak of the deadlock over the government.
In the Lebanese political system, the position of Prime Minister must be held by a Sunni Muslim, while the presidency is held by a Christian Maronite.
The Western government has stacked pressure on Lebanese politicians to form governments that can regulate the reform of corrupt conditions.
They threatened to impose sanctions and said financial support would not flow before the reform began.