Lebanon faces 'biggest danger', needs elections, says patriarch

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Lebanon's top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue the country rather than the ...

People attend a prayer near the site of a massive explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 15, 2020.

Several MPs submitted their resignations over the port explosion but not in the number needed to dissolve parliament.Under the constitution, President Michel Aoun is required to designate a candidate for prime minister with the most support from parliamentary blocs. The presidency has yet to say when consultations will take place.

Al-Rai said the Lebanese people want a government that would reverse years of"national, moral and material" corruption, enact reforms and"rescue Lebanon, not the leadership and political class".

 

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