Lebanon’s justice minister has resigned in protest, the third Cabinet member to do so following last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, the state news agency reported Monday.
Marie-Claude Najm’s resignation on Monday came a day after the ministers of information and environment stepped down.
Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab has informed President Michel Aoun that he was planning to resign shortly, Al- Arabiya reported, quoting local media reports.
A Cabinet meeting is scheduled for Monday, amid reports that the whole government might resign. If a total of seven ministers quit, the Cabinet would effectively become a caretaker government.