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Lebanon forms government ending months of deadlock

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Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab speaks to media after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon 21 January 2020. According to local media, the three leaders met after the Prime Minister-designate presented the formation of the new government from 20 Ministers, after about 40 days of consultations with the Lebanese parties, and ended up forming a government representing the 08 March group, Hezbollah, the Amal Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement, the President of the Republic, and some loyal to them, and the anti-government protestors refused the new government, and started closing the roads in all Lebanon. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH

Lebanon has formed a new government, ending months of deadlock that have left the country adrift as an economic crisis deepens.

Saad Hariri resigned as prime minister in October in response to mass protests over corruption and mismanagement.

The Hezbollah movement and its allies chose university professor Hassan Diab to replace him last month, but they could not agree the cabinet’s make-up.

Protests in Beirut
An anti-government protester waves a Lebanese national during continuous protests and clashes with police outside the Lebanese Parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 22 January 2020. EPA-EFE/WAEL HAMZEH

The matter became pressing after the protests recently took a violent turn.

More than 460 people were injured in clashes in Beirut over the weekend.

Speaking on Tuesday after President Michel Aoun signed off on the cabinet, Mr Diab called the new government “a rescue team” and said it would be “fast but not hasty in dealing with the economic situation”.

Read more via BBC/ Al Jazeera/ Reuters

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