Presidency Information Office: Government formation is achieved by agreement between President and the Prime Minister-Designate

The Presidency Information Office issued the following statement:

Some media outlets have published false information about the process of forming the new Government, by referring to the role of, head of the “Strong Lebanon” Parliamentary Bloc, MP Gebran Bassil, in this process.

This data, which is continuously repeated between some media outlets, is false and unfounded, and it is clearly coordinated from well-known parties, for unhidden purposes.

The Information Office of the Lebanese Presidency is concerned to reiterate that the Government formation process is carried out through agreement between the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, and the Designated Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, without any role for any third party in the process”.