INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nawaf Salamwas called as Lebanons nextPrime Ministerafter getting the support of 84 MPs when they held binding assessments with newly
electedPresident Joseph Aounon Monday.Antoine Choucair, the director General of the Presidency, announced the outcome, stating Salam was
abroad and would arrive in Beirut Tuesday.Salam is a president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.According to
Lebanons constitution, the president chooses the prime minister and is bound to choose the candidate with the most support during
assessments with the 128 MPs
This indicates the assistance of 65 MPs suffices to be designated as prime minister, a threshold Salam passed on Monday afternoon.As the
talks began on Monday at the governmental palace in Baabda, Salam was considered as the front-runner in addition to ongoing prime minister
Salam got the support of 84 MPs to Mikatis nine
Some 35 abstained, including Hezbollah and its Shiite ally the Amal Movement, led by parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri.
