Kattar is PM Diab’s second cabinet member to quit government same day after information minister Manal Abdel-Samad resinged earlier Sunday 09 August 2020.
Abdel-Samad apologized for not delivering more to the country, which had been devastated by a financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic even before the blast destroyed much of the capital city.
"I want to apologise to the Lebanese people, whose aspirations we were unable to fulfil due to the difficulty of the challenges facing us," Manal Abdel-Samad said remorsefully.
"Enough is enough” he said.
“I represent the entire Lebanese nation according to the constitution, and this means that I represent the martyrs and the wounded who fell in the Beirut port massacre and those who are still missing," MP Moawad added in a tweet.
"I've listened to your tears and to your pain ... You [the people] are the source of authority," he bemoaned.
Independent Member of Parliament Nehmat Freim had earlier stepped down too from parliament as the rage in Lebanon continues following Beirut's deadly blast.
In a wake of new protests in the country, the people of Lebanon have taken to the streets, blaming the political ruling class for corruption and negligence allowing over 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate to be left unsecured near the city's port for more than six years.
Anti-riot police have been deployed to disperse the thousands of angry protesters. Over 700 protesters have been injured with many others arrested.
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