Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. June 13, 2018BEIRUT, Jan 24Former Lebanese Prime Minister and head of the largest Sunni Mustaqbal party, Saad Hariri, said that he was suspending his political activities and called on party members to follow his example. international misunderstanding, national division, sectarian manipulation and humiliation of the state, I declare the following: firstly: the suspension of my political activities and I call on my family in Mustaqbal to make the same decision,» Hariri wrote on his Twitter page.
Biography of Saad HaririThe former head of the Lebanese government also said that neither he nor the members of the Mustaqbal party intend to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections and put forward their candidacies on behalf of the party. «We will remain at the service of our people and homeland. Our decision is to suspend our participation and avoid direct responsibility in power, parliament and politics in its traditional sense,» he added. Hariri assured that his associates would remain loyal to the cause of the deceased father and prime minister — Minister Rafik Hariri in preventing civil war in the country.In Lebanon, demonstrators blocked major highways Saad Hariri headed the Lebanese government twice, from 2009 to 2011 and from 2016 to 2019. In the fall of 2019, amid massive anti-government protests, Hariri resigned and dissolved his cabinet of ministers. In September 2020, he was again appointed to the post of prime minister, but throughout the year he was unable to agree with the political forces in the country and form a new government, announcing his refusal to appoint. Lebanon has been in a deep financial and economic crisis for more than two years accompanied by political and social tensions. Against the backdrop of the crisis, the banking system was almost completely paralyzed, the national currency depreciated more than 20 times against the dollar. As a result, more than 70% of the population fell below the poverty line without the ability to provide a daily ration of food. collapse
