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Lebanon's president sees no reason to delay polls after Hariri exit

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun meets with Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, Lebanon's senior Sunni cleric, in Beirut, Lebanon January 29, 2022. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday he saw no reason for a delay to parliamentary elections in May after three-times former prime minister Saad al-Hariri announced he was boycotting the vote and stepping away from politics.

Hariri has been Lebanon's leading Sunni Muslim politician since inheriting the mantle of his father, Rafik al-Hariri, after his assassination in 2005.

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