Aoun Approves Lebanese Govt Resignation, Demands Mikati's Removal as PM-designate

Lebanon's outgoing President Michel Aoun delivers a speech to mark the end of his mandate, outside the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on October 30, 2022. (AFP)

Lebanese President Michel Aoun approved on Sunday the resignation of the caretaker government, fulfilling a warning he had made in recent days.

Aoun had stirred debate when he said that the caretaker government would be deemed resigned in wake of the May parliamentary elections.