Lebanese's opposition reaction to Karami's resignation

Following the sudden resignation of the Omar Karami government on Monday evening, the Lebanese opposition held a meeting in Qreitem in order to discuss the implications of the resignation.

A statement issued by the end of the meeting said that the resignation of the government is the first fruit of the continued peaceful citizen uprising since the assassination of Rafic Hariri.".

The statement considered that the resignation of the Lebanese government pardons the authority as a whole from shouldering its responsibility to resigning all security leaders and interrogating them.

News reports in Beirut said that the opposition asked in its statement for the formation of a mini interim and neutral government that supervises investigation in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and organizing the next elections due in May, and implementing Taif accord that provides for the withdrawal of the Syrian forces or redeploying these forces in the Bekaa valley.

The reports explained that the name of the former Lebanese prime minister Salim al-Hoss or figures from his trend are rumored to be nominated for the formation of the new government, which will assume responsibility for three months, because he does not represent the opposition, nor the trend in support of the authority.

The Lebanese opposition called for continued demonstrations and protests after the announcement of the resignation of Karami government until the complete withdrawal of the Syrian forces. Meantime, the Druz parliamentarian Walid Junblat called for resorting to ease down and dialogue with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Voices and chants of thousands of supporters of the Lebanese opposition were heard while they were gathering in al-Shuhadaa ( martyrs) square to express their happiness. They chanted slogans deploring the practices of the resigned government and Syria. The demonstrators called for full announcement of results of the investigations on the implications of Hariri assassination.