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BEIRUT: Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate, Najib Mikati, on Tuesday announced the formation of a new Government, raising hopes that parliamentary elections can take place as scheduled before the end of May. The move ended a seven-week hiatus caused by the toppling of Omar Karami's Syrian-backed government in the face of mass protests over the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri — a killing widely blamed on Syria or its supporters. Until last week, Mr Karami had been trying to assemble a new Cabinet, but Opposition supporters accused him of stalling to delay the elections. Mr Mikati is a 49-year-old telecommunications millionaire and a political rival of Mr Karami. Though he has business interests in Syria and is a friend of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, he is viewed by many in the Lebanese Opposition as a more conciliatory figure than his predecessor. He told reporters that he agreed with one of the Opposition's key demands — the resignation of Lebanon's pro-Syrian security chiefs. ``I will relay my point of view to the Cabinet ... and I promise that it will agree with me,'' he said. Mr Mikati's 14-member Cabinet consists of a mixed group of politicians, none of whom will be standing in the forthcoming elections, he said.
- Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005
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