Lebanon's former PM Saad Hariri bows out of political life
Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he is suspending his work in politics and will not run in May’s parliamentary elections
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Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he is suspending his work in politics and will not run in May’s parliamentary elections
The leading Sunni Muslim politician's announcement comes as Lebanon suffers an economic meltdown which the World Bank has described as one of the sharpest ever globally
BEIRUT: Leading Lebanese Sunni Muslim politician Saad Al-Hariri said on Monday he would not run in a forthcoming parliamentary election and was suspending his role in political life, calling on his political party to do the same. “We will continue to serve our people, but our decision is to suspend any role in power, politics and parliament,” Hariri said in a live televised
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri officially announced that he and his party will not participate in the upcoming 2022 elections.
He was the leader of the country’s Sunni Muslims, one of the three main sects that share power, and the scion of a prominent political dynasty.