Choosing Hariri was the easy part — forming a govt will be far more challenging

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Fri, 2018-05-25 00:26

BEIRUT: Nothing in Lebanon comes before political compromises.

This was the case on Wednesday, with the reelection of Nabih Berri as speaker of the House of Representatives for the sixth time and the election of Elie Ferzli, one of Syria’s allies in Lebanon, as deputy speaker.

And it was also the case on Thursday, when Prime Minister Saad Hariri was handed a third term by members of the house.

His appointment had been expected, and now paves the way for perhaps the biggest set of compromises — consultations with deputies to form the next government.