Lebanon's Hariri expected to announce election boycott

24/1/2022 18:56

        Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician Saad al-Hariri is expected to announce on Monday he will not run in a May election that his movement may boycott,
        party members said, a potential political earthquake during a national financial collapse.
        
        Hariri has served as prime minister three times since inheriting the political mantle of his father, Rafik al-Hariri, after his assassination in 2005. But while he remains the leading Sunni, his political fortunes have waned in recent years, with his position weakened by the loss of Saudi support.