Municipality of Tripoli Witnesses Mass Resignations in Protest of Performance

The municipality of the northern city of Tripoli witnessed mass resignations in protest of the performance of its head, forcing Tripoli to join the municipal by-elections that will take place on May 6.

Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday that 10 members of Tripoli’s municipal council submitted their resignations, and the number will likely reach 13.

Tripoli’s municipal council includes 22 members in addition to the municipal chief Nader Ghazal and his deputy.

The resignation of half-plus-one members of the council would force its collapse.

Ghazal confirmed the reports to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

However, he said that the number of the resigned members doesn’t yet force the collapse of the current municipal council.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel announced in March that the municipal by-elections will take place on May 6.

The local polls will replace the dissolved municipal councils since 2010.