Lebanon's president asks Hariri to form a cabinet or go

Lebanese President has asked the Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri either to form a government or leave and pave the way for someone who can. In a televised speech, Michel Aoun invited Saad Hariri to the presidential palace to form a government based on constitutional mechanisms in forming a government "without arguing or delaying." Two months later, Saad Hariri proposed an eighteen-member cabinet of technocrats, but President Aoun rejected it, saying that Prime Minister did not consult with the Lebanese presidency over the names.