re: Lebanese Govt To Announce Resignation Today

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PM and all ministers resign and new elections are held.

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yeah i think a big issue that is foreign to Americans is that most of these systems don't have set elections

governments call for new elections when they think they can strike while the iron is hot and get stronger (remember when Theresa May did this and lost seats? all but sealing her fate as PM)

governments also will resign when they're faced with a scandal to allow for new elections. it's tradition around a scandal