Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's decision to suspend his political career has upended the Sunni scene in Lebanon as it prepares to hold parliamentary elections in May.
The confusion will be seized by Shiite Hezbollah, which will be eyeing the Sunni seats usually claimed by Hariri's Mustaqbal movement. The party is primed to achieve a major breakthrough in the Sunni seats, especially since the sect is now left without a central leadership - which was represented by Hariri and Mustaqbal - and lacks the necessary funding to wage a political battle across the country.
