Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his resignation Monday after thousands of protesters took to the streets of Beirut in the days after the deadly Beirut explosion.
Diab announced his resignation after four ministers had already stepped down from their posts. In a televised speech, Diab said that “corruption is bigger than the state.”
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“We fought with … dignity,” he said, accusing unnamed opponents of preventing the government from carrying out any reforms or progress.
Over 150 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were injured in the capital last Tuesday when a warehouse storing 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded after catching on fire.
The explosion destroyed entire buildings and shattered windows, leaving an estimated 300,000 people in Beirut homeless.
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