The Cabinet on Wednesday held a session at Baabda Palace to discuss a range of political and security developments, with President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam emphasizing the need for continued investigations into recent incidents and renewed efforts to restore state authority across the country.

Information Minister Paul Morcos said after the meeting that President Aoun offered his condolences to the family of Elio Abou Hanna, whose killing has sparked public outrage, and underscored the importance of seeing the investigation through to completion.

According to Morcos, Aoun also warned that ongoing disputes in Parliament were obstructing decision-making at a critical time for the country.

“Invoking constitutional powers cannot be used as a pretext for paralysis,” he said, quoting the president. “The country cannot withstand further instability.”

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told ministers that “significant progress” had been made in restricting weapons inside Palestinian refugee camps, adding that the disarmament process “must be fully completed.”

Salam said the investigation into Abou Hanna’s death was advancing, noting that “weapons still in the hands of certain factions pose a threat to the Lebanese people and do not serve the Palestinian cause.”

Morcos announced that the Cabinet also approved the formation of a ministerial committee to develop a mechanism for financing reconstruction and compensating those affected by both the Beirut port explosion and the recent Israeli war.

He added that the government will, in its next session scheduled for Thursday, review a detailed report to be submitted by the committee tasked with examining and recommending updates to Lebanon’s electoral law.