Lebanon’s finance minister resigns, say local media
- Date: 10-Aug-2020
- Source: Zawya
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Lebanon
Lebanon’s finance minister resigns, say local media
Lebanon's cabinet under pressure as ministers quit and anger grows over Beirut blast Lebanon's Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni, a key negotiator with the IMF over a rescue plan to help Lebanon exit a deep financial crisis, resigned Lebanon's Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni attends a news conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 13, 2020. BEIRUT- Lebanon's cabinet faced rising pressure on Monday to step down after a devastating explosion that has stirred public outrage and prompted resignations of several ministers, with the justice minister the latest to go and the finance minister set to quit.The Aug. 4 port warehouse detonation of more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate killed at least 163 people, injured over 6,000 and destroyed swathes of the bustling Mediterranean capital, compounding months of