Title: Mikati Confronts Aoun

The visit of the designated Prime Minister Najib Mikati to Baabda two days ago, where he jokingly told journalists that he would not be able to stay overnight at the presidential palace because the President had moved everything to Rabieh, is seen by some as a decisive indication that forming a government is impossible. Sources following developments on this file revealed to "Al-Anbaa" that during his meeting with Aoun, Mikati candidly stated that he would not be able to form a government in the current atmosphere and the high demands set by the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil. He asked Aoun, "What prevents us from renewing the current government with the same qualifications?" However, Aoun insisted on forming a government with unified standards, to which Mikati responded that he could not give Bassil what he wanted. Aoun replied, "This is not going to work," and Mikati then left, according to the sources.