Hezbollah leader says new cabinet necessary to tackle financial crisis

Reuters , Thursday 18 Mar 2021

'If the prime minister-designate agrees with the president on Monday a government of specialists we will agree, Nasrallah said in a televised speech

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FILE PHOTO Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah speaking in southern Beirut, November 3, 2014 AP

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday a new government was the only way out for the country out of its financial crisis but suggested a cabinet of specialists only would not last.

Nasrallah also cast doubt on how a new cabinet would implement reforms that would be needed for an International Monetary Fund deal.

"If the prime minister-designate agrees with the president on Monday a government of specialists we will agree," Nasrallah said in a televised speech.

But he warned that a cabinet formed with no politicians would fail. 

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