The Lebanese government led by Prime Minister Sa’ad Hariri is expected to resign within the next 24 hours, according to a report broadcast on Saturday by the Al-Hadith television channel.
مصادر: سيعلن استقالة خلال 24 ساعة pic.twitter.com/J7a0bDIWz5
— الحدث (@AlHadath)
Contacts are reportedly underway to form a transitional government of 14 ministers who are not affiliated with any political party, according to a report by Roi Kais, Arab affairs reporter for Israel’s Kann public broadcasting network.
הערוץ אל-חדת’: ממשלת לבנון בראשות סעד אל-חרירי צפויה להתפטר בתוך 24 שעות. מגעים להקמת ממשלת מעבר של 14 שרים טכנוקרטים ולא פוליטיקאים. נראה
— roi kais • רועי קייס (@kaisos1987)
Al-Hadith reported the decision was made Friday at a meeting between Hariri and Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun.