Lebanon PM Mikati says he will not run in May parliamentary election

FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 10, 2022. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Monday he would not seek re-election in a parliamentary election scheduled for May 15.

The statement, made in a television address, throws Sunni Muslim politics in Lebanon into deeper disarray two months from a vote seen as important for reinvigorating public life in Lebanon in the third year of a financial crisis.