Hashem representing Aoun: We hope to form national unity government

21 November 2016 English

NNA – MP Qassem Hashem visited Rashaya’s Independence castle on Monday, representing President Michel Aoun, House Speaker Nabih Berri, and Caretaker Prime Minister Tammam Salam.

“We are now in the beginning of a new tenure with the election of President Michel Aoun; we hope to resume this tenure with the formation of an all-inclusive national unity government,” Hashem said in a speech.

“Everybody is concerned with saving the country from what it suffered previously, and with facing all challenges with a spirit of national unity, in order to restore confidence between the state and the citizens,” he concluded.

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