...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
is studying Prime Minister Saad Hariri
...Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too....'s resignation letter and will not issue a request for the cabinet to take on a caretaker role on Tuesday, a source in the presidency said.
Business will continue as usual...
Hariri submitted his resignation on Tuesday, declaring he had hit a "dead end" in trying to resolve the country's crisis amid an unprecedented wave of protests against Leb's ruling elite.
"dead end" = Unfortunate phrase in Leb politics
Former Lebanese minister Rifi says Hezbollah lost ‘government of guardianship’
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Former Lebanese Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi commended Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri after resigning from his position as head of government, while adding that Hezbollah has lost a government that "was dedicated to guardianship and corruption."
"Hariri has won himself and his people and Hezbollah has lost a government dedicated to guardianship and corruption which it tried to maintain through violence and black shirts," Rifi said in a tweet on Tuesday after Hariri resigned on live television.
Rifi was referencing an incident earlier in the day when men in black shirts reported to be supporters of Hezbollah and Amal attacked and burned tents of protesters gathered in downtown Beirut.
He added in a series of tweets that he stands behind the uprising of the Lebanese people in their "difficult struggle."
"This settlement has fallen and this term has plunged Leb into disaster," Rifi said in a tweet pointing to the current government of President Michel Aoun
...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
Lebanese PM Hariri resigns as crisis turns violent
| More on this report from yesterday. |
The Lebanese premier addressed the nation in a televised address after a mob loyal to Hezbollah and Amal groups attacked and destroyed a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in Beirut.
Leb has been paralysed by the unprecedented wave of protests against the rampant corruption of the political class that has collectively led Leb into the worst economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.
"For 13 days the Lebanese people have waited for a decision for a political solution that stops the deterioration (of the economy). And I have tried, during this period, to find a way out, through which to listen to the voice of the people," Hariri said in his speech.
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