Lebanon justice minister third to quit since blast: official
Last updated on: 10 August,2020 03:50 pm
Marie Claude Najem submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon’s justice minister quit on Monday in the third cabinet resignation since a deadly blast blamed on state negligence ripped through the capital, a ministry official told AFP.
Marie Claude Najem, who was heckled by protesters in a damaged Beirut street two days after the explosion, submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab, whose government was set to meet later in the day to discuss the August 4 disaster.