Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said he was working in silence to form the new government, urging politicians not to escalate their rhetoric. Speaking during an official dinner at the Grand Serail on Friday, Hariri stressed that he was abiding by the Constitution in his attempts to form the long-awaited new government. “The government will be a national entente government that includes all the main political parties so it can implement the reform and investment program that we prepared. We secured funding for its first phase of about $12 billion, during the CEDRE conference. Why? Because I consider that this program will save our country from the crisis, which is obvious to everyone,” he said. He also underlined the need of cooperation for the success of the reform program, noting that the exchange of accusations between politicians was useless. “Since I am going to gather all the political parties around the table of the Cabinet and ask them to work together for the success of this program and the benefit of the country, the citizens and the youth like you, then any escalation and accusations are useless. I am a working day and night, silently and calmly, to reach this goal, and God willing, we will achieve it,” the premier-designate stressed. As for the recent debate over the constitutional powers stipulated in the Constitution, Hariri affirmed: “I know the Constitution, and everyone does too. I am working as prime minister-designate, according to the Constitution, and there is no need for any controversies that have nothing to do with the real goal of our work, which is to form a government as soon as possible.” Emphasizing the need to form a new Cabinet that would respect the parliamentary sizes achieved during the May 6 elections, he said: “If the lineup doesn’t respect the parliamentary elections, Parliament will not give it its confidence. But if the government wins its confidence, then it cannot be contradictory to the results of these elections.”