Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati stressed on Monday that the enemy of power was emptiness.

"The president was adaptable and willing to change the lineup at the long-awaited meeting, and he had no problem designating a minister to represent Akkar,” Mikati told Al-Jadeed News Agency discussing his latest encounter with the president of the Republic.

"During the meeting, the names intended to be changed were put forward, including ministers Walid Fayyad and Amin Salam, and he promised at the time that he would give his response after 24 hours, but he asked "who will name the ministers subject to a change?", he added. 

"A day after the meeting, I was surprised by the Presidency Director-General Antoine Choucair, who came holding a message that read "It will not work out this way.",” Mikati concluded.