Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said in comments published on Thursday that Lebanon's president should resign following the indictment of four top intelligence and security officials in the Feb. 14 assassination of former premier, Rafik al Hariri.
In an interview, with the Washington Post, Siniora also said that President Emile Lahoud had been imposed on Lebanon by Syria, and that the majority of Lebanese, including his own Christian community, now oppose him.
"Personally, I believe after the indictment of these four people, he should resign," Siniora said. Lahoud's acceptance within Lebanon is now "limited," he said.
He pointed to the example of then-German Chancellor Willy Brandt, who resigned after one of his closest aides was exposed as an East German spy.
