Lebanon: Najib Mikati appointed to form a new government
Najib Mikati has been tasked with appointing a new government.
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After the failure of Saad Hariri and Moustapha Adib to form a new government in Lebanon, it is the former Prime Minister Najib Mikati who has been in charge since Monday, July 26.
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It was during parliamentary consultations, during which he obtained the support of 72 parliamentarians, that former Prime Minister Najib Mikati was tasked with forming a new government in Lebanon, plunged into
the worst socio-economic crisis of his country. story.
He therefore takes the place of Saad Hariri, who
gave up on July 15
after nine months of a standoff with President Michel Aoun.
It is the government of Hassan Diab which has been managing day-to-day affairs since his resignation in August 2020 after
the gigantic explosion at the port
which left more than 200 dead and devastated entire districts of the capital.
It has been almost a year since, against a backdrop of political bargaining, the formation of a government has failed.
Yet it is vital for this country whose economic collapse has caused a significant increase in poverty, hyperinflation and numerous shortages.
Indeed, the implementation of emergency reforms is a condition for the release of international aid.
But this appointment is far from attracting the majority of the Lebanese population.
On Sunday evening, dozens of people demonstrated outside his Beirut residence, accusing him of corruption and nepotism.
With a fortune estimated at $ 2.7 billion according to
Forbes
magazine
, Najib Mikati is seen as one of the symbols of a power accused of nepotism and having survived an unprecedented popular uprising at the end of 2019.
(With
AFP
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