Lebanon’s newly designated prime minister said on Monday he plans to form a government of experts and independents to deal with the country’s crippling economic crisis. Hassan Diab spoke to reporters following a meeting with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a day after he was asked by the president to form the country’s next government. Diab, a university professor and former education minister, won a majority of lawmakers’ votes after receiving backing from the powerful Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and its allies.