A Lebanese judge has begun questioning the heads of the country’s security agencies over last week’s devastating blast in Beirut.
A Lebanese judge Monday began questioning the heads of the country’s security agencies over last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut as another Cabinet minister quit in protest and rumors grew that the government could resign en masse.
Judge Ghassan El Khoury began questioning Maj. Gen. Tony Saliba, the head of Lebanon’s State Security agency, according to the state-run National News Agency. The report gave no further details, but other generals are scheduled to be questioned. Justice Minister Marie-Claude Najm, who was sprayed with water and verbally attacked last week while visiting a damaged area, handed in her resignation to the prime minister on Monday, the news agency said. She is theA Cabinet meeting is scheduled for Monday amid speculation that the government could resign en masse. If a total of seven out of the 20 ministers resign, the Cabinet would effectively become a caretaker government. At least nine members of parliament have resigned.
The explosion is believed to have been caused by a fire that ignited a stockpile of explosive material that had been stored at the port since 2013. The disaster has been widely blamed on years of corruption and neglect by the entrenched political class that has governed Lebanon since its 1975-1990 civil war.
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