Title: Mikati Won't Back Down... How Can Those Who Refuse to Participate Demand the Energy Portfolio?

The Central News Agency - As the designated Prime Minister Najib Mikati is scheduled to visit Baabda Palace again next Tuesday to consult with President Michel Aoun regarding the formation of the government, informed political sources told the Central News Agency that Mikati is firm in his principles from the Dyman region and has no intention of retreating from them. The sources indicated that there will be no political government and that he will ask President Aoun to change one or two names in his proposed cabinet, but he does not want to alter the overall equation. They questioned the uproar surrounding the potential removal of the Energy portfolio from the Free Patriotic Movement, given that Bassil stated he does not want to participate in the government in principle; what logic then supports his demand for the Energy portfolio?