Content_paragraphs:  In announcing his resignation on 10 August, the Prime Minister of Lebanon,
  
  Hassan Diab, attributed the crises facing the country to “endemic corruption in politics,
  
  administration and the State”. He criticized the political establishment for “settling
  
  political scores, adopting populist electoral rhetoric and destroying what is left of the
  
  State”. This followed the resignation on 3 August of the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
  
  Nassif Hitti, who cited an “inability to carry out [his] mission” owing to the “absence
  
  of an effective will” to enact the reforms demanded by the Lebanese people. On
  
  13 August, eight Members of Parliament, including one woman, also resigned. On
  
  10 September, by-elections for the eight seats were postponed until after 1 January 2021
  
  owing to prevailing infrastructural, funding, health, safety and security challenges.