The Cabinet is comprised of a group of opposites who fail to agree on simple life matters, Information Minister Ramzi Joreige said Thursday, indirectly lashing out at the Free Patriotic Movement following its boycott of the Cabinet meeting earlier in the day.

Still, Joreige said the is convinced that the Cabinet is still needed, as it's the country's "last legitimate authority".

Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, the head of the FPM, declared Tuesday that the party's ministers would boycott the Cabinet session in objection of the extension of senior military officials' terms, throwing the government into further disarray.

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