(MENAFN- The Peninsula) BEIRUT:Saad Hariri, head of Lebanon's Future Movement, received a parliamentary mandate to draw up a new government on Thursday.
Hariri received the endorsement of 68 out of 128 lawmakers from different parliamentary blocs.
The pro-Hezbollah "resistance bloc, for its part, has refrained from fielding a candidate for the premiership but has confirmed its willingness to play a role in the next government.
According to Lebanon's constitution, the president of the republic must consult with parliament's 128 members with a view to choosing a prime minister who will then propose a new cabinet lineup.
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