Pro-Syrian politician Omar Karameh agreed Thursday to return as Lebanon's prime minister at the head of a national unity cabinet, in a move promptly rejected by the opposition as a "provocation." Just ten days after quitting amid anti-Syrian mass protests, Karameh was designated by Damascus protege President Emile Lahoud to form a cabinet which he asked his opponents to join or bear the responsibility of a political and economic "catastrophe."
Opposition MPs immediately rejected the offer, triggering fears for an aggravation of the political crisis in which the country was plunged since the February 14 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri - blamed by many on the regime and its political masters in Damascus.
However opposition spokesman MP Antoine Andrawos said: "We need a prime minister to head a government of national unity, and he does not represent national unity, he is a party" to the conflict.
Christian opposition groups also rejected Karameh's designation as a "Syrian fabrication" meant to aggravate the crisis in Lebanon.
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