{"id":60513,"date":"2020-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60513\/minister-of-information-manal-abdel-samad-resigns-from-lebanese-government"},"modified":"2023-05-15T07:57:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T07:57:25","slug":"minister-of-information-manal-abdel-samad-resigns-from-lebanese-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60513\/minister-of-information-manal-abdel-samad-resigns-from-lebanese-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad Resigns From Lebanese Government"},"content":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Lebanese Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad has submitted her resignation 5 days after the Beirut blast that decimated the capital. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\u2014 (@ALJADEEDNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALJADEEDNEWS\/status\/1292379297337028608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  This comes nearly a week after the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Nassif Hitti resigned last week who cited \u201cthe government&#8217;s performance on a number of issues&#8221; as reason for his resignation. <br \/>  <br \/>  In her resignation speech, Abdel Samad said their hopes for reforms were too high and unattainable. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GGsO8Abord\">pic.twitter.com\/GGsO8Abord<\/a><\/p>\u2014 (@skynewsarabia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynewsarabia\/status\/1292381121968250881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Why do you think she resigned? 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