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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced on
Monday the resignation of his government after a powerful Beirut port
explosion sparked public uproar against the country’s leaders.
Diab, in a televised speech, said the detonation of highly-explosive
material warehoused at the port in the capital for the last seven years
was “the result of endemic corruption”.
“Today we follow the will of the people in their demand to hold
accountable those responsible for the disaster that has been in hiding
for seven years, and their desire for real change,” he said. “In the
face of this reality ... I am announcing today the resignation of this
government.”
The cabinet had already been under pressure to step down over last
week’s explosion that killed 163 people, wounded some 6,000 and left
around 300,000 without habitable housing. Several ministers had already
resigned over the weekend.
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