레바논 내각 총사퇴…베이루트 폭발참사 책임<br /><br />Every single member of Lebanon's government, including the Prime Minister, have stepped down over last week's devastating blast at the port in Beirut.<br />This comes as anti-government protests have been rocking the city with security forces firing tear gas at protesters.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />On Sunday,... a number of Lebanese ministers stepped down,... taking responsibility for the deadly explosion in Beirut which killed over 150 people,... left many more injured and countless families homeless.<br />Come Monday,... Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his resignation following a meeting where the entirety of the nation's ministers expressed their desire to step down as well.<br />It was a decision Lebanese President Michel Aoun accepted.<br />"President (Michel Aoun) thanked Prime Minister (Hassan Diab) and the ministers, and asked them to continue taking care of business meanwhile a new government is formed. "<br />The now-former prime minister,... who was appointed in January after months of deadlock insisted his government had "gone to great lengths to lay out a road map to save the country".<br />However... according to Diab,... corruption in the nation is "bigger than the state" itself,... and was what prevented change.<br />With the mass resignation,... the nation's parliament will have to decide on a new prime minister,... which many say will unlikely to be a smooth or quick process due to Lebanon's complex political system.<br />The current political system mandates that the presidency must go to a Christian, the prime minister, a Sunni Muslim,... and the speaker of the parliament must be a Shiite Muslim.<br />It's a system many have blamed for the country's political instability and division,... which is why protesters are continuing to take to the streets despite the complete disintegration of the widely-detested government.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />