Lebanon PM Mikati says he will not run in May parliamentary election

Fuente: 
Reuters
Fecha de publicación: 
14 Mar 2022

BEIRUT, March 14 (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday he would not seek re-election in a parliamentary election scheduled for May 15.

The statement, made in a television address, throws Sunni Muslim politics in Lebanon into deeper disarray two months from a vote seen as important for reinvigorating public life in Lebanon in the third year of a financial crisis.

It follows an announcement by ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri in January that he would withdraw from politics and that his Future Movement, which now has some 20 members of parliament, would not field candidates.

Source:Lebanon PM Mikati says he will not run in May parliamentary election | Reuters