The Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab League, Hossam Zaki, took advantage of his visit to Beirut to address Lebanon’s failure to fund one of the League’s institutions. He took up the issue with caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati.
Zaki also met with several opposition MPs, out of the spotlight. Sources in the opposition revealed that the MPs who met with Zaki conveyed their perspective on the crisis and its dimensions. They indicated that the presidential election has become linked to the war in Gaza and the confrontations in the south, stating that no president will be elected before the ceasefire in Gaza, despite Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah denying any connection between the election and Gaza.
After Zaki’s departure from Lebanon, the opposition MPs gathered and launched, from Parliament, a four-point “initiative” focused on mobilizing the legislative council to stop the war on Lebanon.
