Judge Faysal Makki shows around Beirut's Palace of Justice, where the garbage is piled up in the stairwell.
As a reflection of the situation in the country, neither toilets nor printers work.
- We have to put the folders with court cases here in the corridors, because the archive is already full, explains Makki.
Lebanon was due to elect a new president in September, who would have taken office when Michel Aoun's term expires on Monday.
But the country's politicians are stuck in a power struggle and lack interest in reaching an agreement, states political scientist Maha Yahya.
According to the World Bank, Lebanon is being shaken by one of the most extensive economic crises in the world in 150 years.
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