Daylight savings

Caretaker PM Najib Mikati's decision to delay daylight saving until April 20 sparks a sectarian rift.

His office said in a statement on Saturday night the decision was a “purely administrative procedure” that was being given “an obnoxious sectarian turn”. A spokesperson for the prime minister’s office said it did not have an immediate comment on the decision’s reasoning or the resulting backlash. Many have said the uncertainty and potential chaos were emblematic of decades of failed governance by leaders that led Lebanon into a 2019 financial crisis the World Bank said was “orchestrated” by elites. LBCI said in a statement that it would disobey Mikati’s decision because it would have harmed its work, adding: “Lebanon is not an island”. On Saturday, the influential Maronite Church said it would disregard the decision and would set its clocks forward on Saturday night. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a decision on Thursday to delay entering daylight savings time till April 20, instead of rolling the clocks forward an hour on the last weekend of March.

BEIRUT: An abrupt decision by Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to postpone the start of daylight saving time by one month has turned into a ...

One media outlet said that it “will not abide by the decision and will commit to the universal time.” According to one political observer, the dispute reflects a “political vacuum, given that an absurd decision was explained in a sectarian way.” BEIRUT: An abrupt decision by Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to postpone the start of daylight saving time by one month has turned into a major political dispute, overshadowing the country’s dire economic crisis.

MP Simon Abi Ramia called, through Al-Jadeed TV Channel, on Prime Minister Najib Mikati to reverse his decision to postpone the adoption of daylight savings ...

BEIRUT — (AP) — The Lebanese government's last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month ...

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of President Michel Aoun ended in late October as the parliament has failed to elect a replacement since. Three quarters of the population lives in poverty and IMF officials recently warned the country could be headed for hyperinflation if no action is taken. appointment for her residency paperwork is with a government agency following the official time, while her 9 a.m. The 8 a.m. appointment and a 9 a.m. “I had an 8 a.m.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government's last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan resulted in mass confusion Sunday. With some institutions implementing the change ...

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of President Michel Aoun ended in late October as the parliament has failed to elect a replacement since. Three quarters of the population lives in poverty and IMF officials recently warned the country could be headed for hyperinflation if no action is taken. appointment for her residency paperwork is with a government agency following the official time, while her 9 a.m. The 8 a.m. appointment and a 9 a.m. “I had an 8 a.m.

The Lebanese government's last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ...

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of President Michel Aoun ended in late October as the parliament has failed to elect a replacement since. Three quarters of the population lives in poverty and IMF officials recently warned the country could be headed for hyperinflation if no action is taken. appointment and a 9 a.m. Arabic class is with an institute that is expected to make the switch to daylight savings. “I had an 8 a.m. BEIRUT -- The Lebanese government’s last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan resulted in mass confusion Sunday.

Government's last-minute decision to delay clocks going forward caused confusion and deepened religious division.

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Aoun ended in late October as the parliament has failed to elect a replacement since. Lebanon is in the midst of the worst financial crisis in its modern history. “I had an 8am appointment and a 9am class, which will now happen at the same time,” she said.

The government decided to keep the time as it is, meaning that Muslims in the country can open their fast an hour earlier, but many people have now opposed ...

Some Muslims objected to the change and pointed out that fasting is supposed to begin at dawn and end at sunset regardless of time zone. The country’s phone networks sent messages to people asking them to change the settings of their clocks to manual instead of automatic so the time would not change at midnight. [Lebanese](https://news.sky.com/topic/lebanon-6383) government decided that daylight saving time would begin at the end of Ramadan on 21 April, but this was met with much confusion.