Suleiman Issues Resignation Decree, Calls on Parliament to Continue Its Duties until New Government Formation

Local Editor

A statement released by the Presidential Office read "In line with clause one of article 69 in the Lebanese constitution on the circumstances under which the government is considered to have resigned, and as the government has lost more than one third of its members, his Excellency, has requested the cabinet act as a caretaker government until the formation of a new government."