'Multiple dangers': Lebanese patriarch warns of crisis without a government

Lebanon's top Christian cleric said on Sunday the nation faced"multiple dangers" that would be hard to weather without a government, speaking a day after the prime minister-designate quit following his failed bid to form a cabinet.

Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, leader of the Maronite church, Lebanon's biggest Christian community, said Adib's resignation had"disappointed citizens, especially the youth, who were betting on the start of change in the political class."Some are former warlords.Rai said Lebanon now had to navigate"multiple dangers" without a government at the helm.

"There needs to be fundamental change. We need new people. We need new blood," said 24-year-old Hassan Amer, serving coffee from a roadside cafe in the capital, which was hammered by a huge port blast on Aug. 4 that killed almost 200 people. A senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan, said on Saturday Adib's resignation as the economy collapsed could"be described as a disaster", calling for national unity to deliver reforms, the state news agency reported.

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