President Michel Suleiman set April 5 and 6 as the dates of the consultations to name a new prime minister in Lebanon. The presidency said in a statement that the binding parliamentary consultations to name a new premier will kick off at the Baabda Palace on Friday, April 5 and end on the next day.

The consultations will begin with Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday afternoon who will be followed by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati. Suleiman will then hold a series of separate meetings with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, former Premiers Saad Hariri and Fouad Saniora, and deputy Speaker Farid Makari. [Link]