After President Michel Aoun exited the Baabda Palace to the outer courtyard, he delivered a speech confirming that he had signed the decree for the resignation of the government. He stated in his speech: "This morning, I sent a message to the parliament based on my constitutional powers and signed the decree for the resignation of the government," affirming that "today marks the end of a mission, not a farewell; it is a significant meeting, 'we returned from stone to people.'"
President Aoun continued: "You are with me, and I am with you. Today marks the end of one phase to begin another that requires struggle, and the country is stolen. We must do a lot of work and efforts to uproot corruption. The state institutions are rotten because those in charge are afraid of a threat hanging over them. We conducted a financial audit, but it has not been decided in court."
He added: "We could not bring the Governor of the Central Bank to court; who protects him and who is his partner? They have all been part of the ruling system for 32 years, leading us to this situation, and the country needs reform to sustain life."
Aoun emphasized that "the state can only be built on two pillars: security and justice," stating: "Our innocents are in jail because the head of the judiciary does not want to appoint someone to review their cases," noting that "the judiciary is not fulfilling its role and the perpetrators remain outside the courts, possibly because they are affiliated with those in power."
He pointed out, "We worked on demarcating the southern maritime borders because we know that Lebanon cannot recover from its crisis except by extracting oil and gas." He concluded by saying: "They fought us throughout this period because we worked on reform, obstructing the approval of laws that protect the rights of the Lebanese, as reform harms them and their interests."
