CAIRO: Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and his cabinet resigned on Saturday after coming under criticism.
A statement said the prime minister handed the government’s resignation to the president who accepted it.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked Mahlab to stay on as caretaker prime minister until a new government is formed, the statement added.
The announcement comes as Egypt is set to hold long-delayed legislative elections in phases from October 17 to December 2.
The elections had initially been scheduled for early 2014 but were delayed on legal grounds amid charges from rights groups of repressive measures during a crackdown on the Islamist opposition.
