Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib resigned on Saturday amid a Cabinet formation deadlock, nearly a month after being appointed to the job, naharnet.com says.
Adib's announcement deals a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to break a dangerous stalemate in the crisis-hit country.
He announced his position in a statement from Baabda Palace after meeting President Michel Aoun.
Adib said when he agreed to take his position as PM, he hoped that political parties would facilitate his mission amid a much-needed change in a country reeling under multiple crises.
"Forming a government with specialized specifications based on competence and integrity would have allowed President (Emmanuel) Macron to mobilize the international community to help Lebanon," said Adib.
Macron has been pressing Lebanese politicians to form a Cabinet made up of independent specialists who can enact urgent reforms to extract Lebanon from a devastating economic and financial crisis worsened by the Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut port.
Anano Nikoladze
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