Lebanon’s Speaker Berri says situation in Lebanon getting more ‘complicated’: Al Joumhouria 0 SHARES Share it! But no political force has since formally endorsed Safadi and no date has yet been set for formal consultations required to designate a new prime minister. “Things are becoming more complicated and a quick solution is needed to get Lebanon out of this crisis,” Berri said, according to al-Joumhouria. He was finance minister from 2011 to 2014 under Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and was also previously minister of economy and trade. Lebanon’s prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim, according to its sectarian power-sharing system.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 16, 2019 15:33 UTC