Mikati, currently serving as caretaker PM, was named prime minister-designate by President Michel Aoun on Thursday after binding parliamentary consultations. The billionaire, who has already served in the role three times, received the support of 54 of 128 MPs. Mikati is expected to hold non-binding parliamentary consultations by Monday or Tuesday to elicit MPs’ opinions, and to see whether the new government will be a government of national unity. We got so used to seeing this team disrupting political life; how can we trust that it wants to hold presidential elections on time? Aoun, who is affiliated with the FPM, referred the case to the first investigative judge in Mount Lebanon, requesting the arrest of Salameh and the others, and referring them to the Mount Lebanon Criminal Court, while maintaining the travel ban issued against Salameh.

Source: Libya Today June 23, 2022 22:39 UTC