Even with French Foriegn Minister Bernard Kouchner shuttling between the pro-government and opposition sides, trying to find some formula that would allow a consensus candidate for president to be elected later this week, it appears that all of his efforts are going for naught.

Kouchner is about ready to start naming names of those who are standing in the way of a deal:

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner threatened Monday to expose the parties that are hampering a Paris initiative to facilitate Lebanese Presidential elections, pointing an accusing finger at forces "outside" Lebanon, in an apparent reference to Syria and Iran.

Kouchner, talking to reporters after meeting parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, said: "I want to know who is hampering and who is responsible for this. France will announce to the whole world" the side that is responsible for this situation.

"Judging by my experience, some of the parties should shoulder their responsibility, all the parties should shoulder their responsibilities, including (parties) outside the country," he added.

In answering a question as to whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is hampering efforts to reach consensus on a presidential candidate, Kouchner said: I don't think that he, alone, is responsible." "The party that is responsible for hampering a mechanism that had been agreed by all sides will be responsible for destabilizing Lebanon and its regional repercussions," Kouchner added.