Hassan Diab announces the resignation of his government: "Those who were ashamed are dead"
Diab giving a resignation speech.
Yesterday, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab submitted the resignation of his government to President Michel Aoun, stressing that the system of corruption is greater than the state in Lebanon, accusing the ruling political class of causing the collapse of the country, wasting Lebanese deposits, and dropping the country under the burden of debt.
The resigned Prime Minister of Lebanon said in a speech to the Lebanese people that the Beirut explosion was the result of rampant corruption.
"After weeks of forming the government, they tried to throw their blows at it and hold it responsible for the collapse," he said. "Indeed, those who took comfort died."
Diab said in a televised speech, "Today we arrived here, to this earthquake that struck the country today. We appeal to people and to their demands to hold accountable those responsible for the disaster that has been hiding for seven years, to their desire for real change," adding, "Before this reality, we take a step back by standing with the people." Therefore, today I announce the resignation of this government. "
He added, “The ruling political class brought the country to collapse, wasted people's deposits and placed the country under the burden of debt,” and that his government “bore many accusations for Lebanon, but we refused to lure us into sterile debates. ".
"One of the examples of corruption exploded in the port, but corruption patterns are scattered throughout the country's political and administrative geography," he said.
He explained that "the irony is that the corrupt, after weeks of forming the government, tried to hold it responsible for waste and public debt," and that his government's first concern was "to work to overcome the repercussions of the earthquake that struck the country and to reach a fair and transparent investigation."
He stressed that "all the major powers were supposed to cooperate to overcome this ordeal and silence to mourn the souls of the martyrs."
The resigned Prime Minister had declared after the end of a cabinet meeting (comprising 20 ministers, including Diab), in the "Governmental Serail" in the capital Beirut, that "the government will resign."
Diab pointed out that "the decision to resign came to assume responsibility."
Before the resignation yesterday, the Lebanese government appeared to be in a fragile situation after the resignation of four of its members following the tragedy of the Beirut port explosion, while the anger of the Lebanese who are trying to heal their wounds is mounting, adhering to holding officials accountable and dropping all political structures.