Beirut: The Lebanese Prime Minister appointed Saad Hariri down on Thursday, nine months after he was named after a post by Parliament, citing “the main difference” with the president of this country.
This development is likely to plunge into chaos and uncertainty.
Lebanon will go through an unprecedented economic crisis, which is explained by the World Bank as one of the worst in the world in the last 150 years.
“It is clear that we will not be able to approve the President,” Hariri said, after a 20-minute meeting with President Michel Aoun.
Hariri met with Aoun on Wednesday after weeks after the deadlock in a new effort to resolve the political deadlock and followed a quick trip to Cairo, close allies.
He proposed a new cabinet of 24 ministers and said he expected a response from Aoun on Thursday.
There is a report that this is the last attempt by Hariri.
Hariri, 51, resigned from his position in October 2019 with a bow to a large protest A demanding great reform A and condemned the entire political class.
A year later, he was named again to the post with parliament in the midst of a crippling and months after a large August 4 explosion at the Port of Beirut which added the country’s misery.
More than 200 people were killed in an explosion that damaged the city and injured thousands.
The investigation continues to what caused it.
But because Hariri returned named Premier-Designate, the struggle for power has appeared between him on the one hand and Aoun and his son-in-law, Gebran Bassil (who heads the biggest block in parliament), on the other hand.
The top leaders locked the horns above the form of a temporary government of the country’s economic problems, took place since the end of 2019, deteriorating.
Disagreement for who has more influence in the next cabinet, which will oversee the reform and critical selection.
Both parties have blamed who is responsible for the deadlock.
“I ask myself from forming a government.
God helps the country,” Hariri said, before walking away.
He had to talk to the local TV station later this Thursday.
Regional and international mediation has failed to bridge the difference between the two parties.
The European Union Foreign Policy Head, Josep Borrell, said during a visit to Lebanon last month that the struggle of power and strong distrust cases was the heart of the fight between political leaders.
It is not clear who will replace Hariri.
The economic problem of the country has been exacerbated by political arguments.
The national currency, pegged on dollars for almost 30 years, has fallen freely, lost more than 90% of its value since the end of 2019.
As soon as the news went bankrupt from Hariri stepping down, Lebanese pounds reached low, selling for 20,000 to dollars in the black market.
The Lebanese economy has been contracted by more than 20% by 2020 and poverty has deepened with more than 55% of the population that lives below the poverty line.
Lebanon PM pointed to step down after months of deadlock
