and pretty sharp position later gerry colvin backs prime ministers call for an early general election for the parliament still has to decide whether the u.k. will head to the polls in december. i'm focused on welcome to the program that been arms beleaguered the prime minister saad hariri has announced his resignation the move follows almost 2 weeks of protests demanding political change many lebanese are unhappy with what they see as i corrupt and incompetent political elite the prime minister failed to satisfy demonstrators with his announcement of a series of anti corruption measures and political reforms so he headed to the presidential palace on tuesday to submit his resignation. here is delivering the news. feed honestly i have reached a dead end and we have to take a shocking step to face the crisis. and i thought i'm going to the presidential palace to submit the resignation of the government to president i mean shallow mission on when the shah and to the lebanese people in all regions in response to the wheel many of the lebanese who took to the squares to demand a change. st