Lebanese president blasts Hariri over ‘inaccuracies and incorrect information’

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun has blasted Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri for a speech containing “inaccuracies and incorrect information.”

The two leaders have been at loggerheads for months, unable to agree on the formation of a government and each blaming the other for the lack of progress.

Hariri returned as prime minister-designate last October, almost a year after he stepped down under street pressure. Lebanon’s government had quit after the Aug. 4 port blast in Beirut and remains in a caretaker capacity.