World Print edition: 2019-11-18

Lebanon tycoon forgoes PM job

Published November 18, 2019 Updated November 18, 2019 06:44am

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By BR Web Desk Recorder Report

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Wealthy 75-year-old businessman Mohammed Safadi said Saturday it would be difficult to form a "harmonious" government in the country rocked by a month of unprecedented nationwide protests demanding radical reform.

The tycoon said in a statement that he hoped outgoing prime minister Saad Hariri, who resigned on October 29 under pressure from the street, would be reinstated.

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