Lebanon's Cabinet met Friday afternoon to discuss the possible extension of the Internal Security Forces Chief's term in office amid reports of a likely resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
The deadlock in his cabinet over preparations for a parliamentary election and a dispute over extending the term of Ashraf Rifi has led to this possible outcome.
Speaking at the end of a two-hour Cabinet meeting, they said President Michel Suleiman suspended any further government meetings after Mikati's ministers failed to agree on certain issues.
Sources have told Lebanese Channel MTV that Rifi's term has not been extended but the government has yet to make an official statement.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Mikati told Lebanon's national news agency that the probability of the government's resignation depends on the outcome of the Cabinet session today, which is being held at the Presidential Palace in Baabda.
Mikati was due to make a public statement at 7.30 pm (1730GMT), Lebanese media said.
Mikati was appointed premier in 2011 after the Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies brought down the unity government of Saad al-Hariri.
During his two years in office he has sought to insulate his country from the civil war in neighboring Syria which deepened Lebanon's own sectarian tensions and led to street battles in the northern city of Tripoli.
23 Mar, 2013
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Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2013/03/22/Lebanon-back-in-political-deadlock-PM-Mikati-set-to-resign.html
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