Lebanon’s Hariri presents cabinet to president to end deadlock

PM-designate awaits President Michel Aoun’s response to new cabinet proposal that could end nine months of deadlock.

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Saad Hariri has presented a new cabinet proposal to President Michel Aoun in a move that could end nine months of deadlock as the country faces economic collapse. Veteran Sunni politician Hariri has presented multiple proposals to Aoun, an ally of the Shia group Hezbollah, over the past months, but they have been unable to agree on a list. “Now is the moment of truth,” Hariri, who has been at loggerheads with Aoun over the naming of ministers since he was appointed in October, told reporters on Wednesday after the meeting.