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Lebanon: Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib resigns
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Sep 26, 2020 09:06am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Sep 26, 2020 04:00am |
| Description | Lebanon's prime minister-designate resigned on Saturday amid a political impasse over the formation of the next Cabinet.
"I excuse myself from continuing the task of forming the government," Mustapha Adib said in a televised speech after meeting Lebanese President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace.
The former ambassador to Germany was only named to the top job at the end of August.
Lebanon's last government stepped down in the wake of the Beirut port blast on August 4 that killed 190 people, injured thousands more and damaged many parts of the coastal capital.
The country is also struggling with a devastating economic crisis that has seen its currency lose 80% of its value since October.
Under Lebanon's sectarian political system, a Sunni must occupy the position of prime minister, while the presidency is given to a Maronite Christian and speaker of parliament to a Shiite Muslim.
The announcement by Adib deals a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to break a political stalemate in the crisis-hit country. |
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