After hitting a dead end in efforts to defuse the crisis sweeping Lebanon, Saad ...
BEIRUT - After hitting a dead end in efforts to defuse the crisis sweeping Lebanon, Saad al-Hariri informed a top Hezbollah official on Monday he had no choice but to quit as prime minister in defiance of the powerful Shi’ite group.
The resignation has left a political vacuum and paralyzed a state in need of urgent action to steer Lebanon out of an economic crisis that is hitting all Lebanese hard, including Hezbollah’s Shi’ite constituency.The meeting which began at 8 p.m. at Hariri’s Beit al-Wasat residence in central Beirut did not last long.
While Hariri sought a major reshuffle that would remove Bassil - a target of protester ridicule - and others, Bassil and Aoun had resisted any reshuffle on the basis that demonstrators might not leave the street and demand even more concessions. “This is a strong blow to Hezbollah. Its hands have now been tied,” said a source familiar with Hezbollah’s thinking. “The biggest winner is Hariri.”
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