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'Shameful' delay in cabinet formation causing Lebanon's decay, top Christian cleric says

FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati meets with Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon October 26, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

Lebanon's top Christian cleric said on Sunday it is "shameful" that politicians have yet to form a new cabinet nearly three months after elections, blaming their chronic feuding for the country's "decay".

Many Lebanese see the long-entrenched governing elite as hamstrung by corruption and dysfunction, and blame it for pushing Lebanon into a financial and economic meltdown that has left eight in 10 people poor.

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