President Lahhoud, a surprise?

According to Future T.V, President Lahhoud has just declared for the second time in two days that he is willing to cooperate fully with the UN to uncover the truth about Hariri’s killing.
In an apparent snub to outgoing ministers Hammoud, Addoum, Mrad and Franjyieh who made defiant statements earlier, the president said that he wants to see the perpetrators severely punished.

It remains to be seen whether such a move by President Lahhoud is one of three things:

- A tactical maneuver to further stall the coming elections by presenting an ambivalent authority and a chaotic on-the-ground situation.

- A last minute Syrian effort to sacrifice second-level loyalists by presenting scapegoats in the context of a deal made with the international community

- An honest change of heart by a president who suddenly woke up to the reality of events.