A handout picture released by Dalati and Nohra on March 22, 2013 shows Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announcing the resignation of the Lebanese government during a press conference in Beirut. AFP PHOTO / DALATI AND NOHRA -------- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / DALATI AND NOHRA"
Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati indicated to Al-Jadeed channel, that “the decision to present the government formation was taken at night and in my own handwriting, after everyone abstained from participating, and the options became narrow.”
He pointed out that “what I presented to President Aoun is ministerial amendment, but it does not include everyone, and there was no contact with the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, except during consultations and in general matters.”
Earlier today, Mikati announced, after his meeting with President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace, that he handed President Michel Aoun the government line-up, which he deems appropriate.
