[Ma'an] Leb's parliament speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri
... the Hizbullah sock puppet ...
on Thursday announced that consultations on appointing a new prime minister would begin on Monday, following the collapse of the national unity government.
"Consultations with parliamentarians will begin Monday at noon," the state-run National News Agency quoted Berri as saying.
The announcement came a day after Hezbullies forced the collapse of Prime Minister Saad Hariri's government in a dispute over a UN-backed probe into the liquidation of Hariri's father, ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.
Eleven ministers withdrew from the government, providing the minimum number of resignations needed to automatically dissolve the 30-member cabinet, now acting in a caretaker capacity.
The Special Tribunal for Leb is reportedly set to indict high-ranking Hezbullies operatives in the 2005 liquidation of Hariri.
The Shiite cut-thoat group has warned any such accusation would have grave repercussions and has been pressing Western-backed Hariri to disavow the tribunal.