Indeed, it was his decision to extend, unconstitutionally, the term of the reliably pro-Syrian Emile Lahoud as Lebanon’s president in 2004 that triggered the political crisis leading to Hariri’s murder and the emergence of a coalition of anti-Syrian groups, which included many former Syrian allies.
En efecto, fue suya la decisión de extender, de manera anticonstitucional, el período del confiable presidente libanés pro-sirio Emile Lahoud en 2004 que desató la crisis política que condujo al asesinato de Hariri y el surgimiento de la coalición de grupos antisirios que incluían a muchos ex aliados de Siria.