“Have mercy on people and stop the useless arguments,” Mikati said while addressing the different political parties, according to a statement by the Lebanese Council of Ministers.
Lebanon has been running without a president since October 2022, when the term of Former President Michel Aoun ended, reports Xinhua news agency.
The Lebanese Parliament has failed to elect a new president 12 times, because of a lack of consensus among the country’s political factions.
The deadlock is a major obstacle to Lebanon’s economic recovery as a new president is needed to form a new government and implement the reforms required by the International Monetary Fund, which has offered Lebanon a bailout package but has made clear that the reforms must be implemented before the money is released.
The country has been mired in a severe economic crisis since 2019, and the political impasse is only making things worse.
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