Lebanon’s mufti calls for forming emergency government

Lebanon’s mufti calls for forming emergency government

Lebanon's grand mufti on Saturday called for the formation of an emergency government of experts amid protests rocking the Arab country, reported by Anadolu Agency.  "It is time for reforms to start “¦ [and] to form a government of experts and implement [caretaker] Prime Minister [Saad] Hariri's economic paper,“ Abdel-Latif Derian, the top cleric for Sunni Muslims, said in his message to the nation on Prophet Mohammad's birthday. He also called on those in power to fulfil demands by protesters. Mass protests erupted across Lebanon last month against government plans to tax calls on WhatsApp and other messaging services. The demonstrations quickly turned into wider grievances with calls for the resignation of the Lebanese government and bringing corrupt officials to [“¦]