Lebanese ministers talk of Cabinet change amid financial meltdown – The National

Lebanese ministers talk of Cabinet change amid financial meltdown – The National

Hassan Diab government has achieved little in six months, says energy minister

















Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab, left, with President Michel Aoun, during a cabinet meeting. Reuters







Lebanese politicians have called for the resignation of the government as the country's financial collapse deepens, with some pushing for former prime minister Saad Hariri to make a comeback.



"A government change is possible at any moment and in any circumstance,“ Minister of the Displaced Ghada Shreim said in an interview on the Voice of Lebanon radio station on Saturday. "What is important is to find solutions to save the country.“



Government members have questioned the "benefit of continuing in light of the lack of achievements“, Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar said in a separate interview with the station.



Both ministers were appointed with the support of President Michel Aoun's political party, the Free Patriotic Movement.



Mr Ghajar said cabinet members, including Prime Minister Hassan Diab, were not against a change of government if it "improves the country's situation“, complaining that it must "carry the burden of dozens of years of policies that brought the country to the brink of the abyss“.



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