Lebanon’s parliament late on Friday passed an amended budget for 2024 that experts said neglected to include crucial reforms that would help the country emerge from a financial meltdown gutting the public sector for nearly five years. The draft was passed after three days of drawn-out disputes, including several heated exchanges in parliament’s chamber with caretaker premier Najib Mikati, highlighting the deep divisions that have paralysed Lebanese politics, and prolonged a more than year-long vacuum at the presidency.
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