The Directorate General of the Presidency issued a statement Monday whereby it said that the cabinet has become officially resigned and will assume caretaker duties until a new government is formed.
“Further to the provisions of the first item of article 69 of the Lebanese constitution, paragraph (d), the Government shall be considered resigned at the beginning of the term of the President of the Republic; the President expressed gratitude to the prime minister and the ministers, asking the premier to assume the caretaker duties until a new cabinet sis formed.”