At the handover ceremony on 23 January 2020, Akar spoke about the right of the people to protest and pressure the government and the government's responsibility to act in the people's best interests. She said her priority was fighting corruption and asked people to watch she would do before judging her. Following the explosion in Beirut on the 4 August 2020, Hassan Diab's Government resigned on the 10 August and Akar will have the function of a caretaker of the Ministry until a replacing Government is constituted.