QNA
Najib Mikati, head of the Lebanese caretaker government, confirmed that the solution in his country begins first with electing a president for the country, restoring regularity of constitutional work, approving a series of appointments in basic and sensitive institutions to maintain a minimum level of stability and approving the required reforms.
Mikati said, in a statement today, that Lebanon is witnessing a serious crisis at all levels, political, economic and social.
The caretaker prime minister warned that some “want to escape their responsibility for not holding the presidential elections and passing the required laws, by holding us responsible for what sterile policies have committed over all the past years.”
He said that his government is conducting business within the minimum limits available constitutionally, “but the persistence of political forces in neglecting their constitutional duties puts the country at risk of complete dissolution, which we will not accept to hold us responsible on behalf of others.”
Since October 2019, Lebanon has been suffering from a financial and economic crisis that had repercussions on various sectors, as the deterioration in living conditions exacerbated, in addition to the crisis political conditions resulting from the irregular functioning of constitutional institutions, including the vacancy of the presidency, and the presence of a caretaker government, In addition to the inability of successive governments to implement an economic plan to address these crises.