Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati might propose a 14-member “salvation Cabinet” made up of political magnates if his envisaged 24-member government of nonpartisan specialists fails to break the yearlong deadlock, a source close to the PM-designate said Sunday.

“The 14-member salvation Cabinet is one of the options for Prime Minister Mikati if his proposal for a 24-member government of nonpartisan specialists does not work,” a source close to Mikati told The Daily Star.

However, the source stressed that Mikati’s efforts are currently concentrated more on the 24-member government than on a 14-member Cabinet made up of political magnates.

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