<h1>President to appoint new prime minister within 48 hours as lawmakers oppose dissolution and seek budget majority</h1> The president said he will appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours after the outgoing prime minister resigned and, at the president's request, consulted parties in the National Assembly. The outgoing prime minister reported that most lawmakers oppose dissolving the Assembly and that a parliamentary majority sufficient to avoid snap elections might coalesce to pass a 2026 budget. The announcement pauses consideration of immediate legislative elections amid a hung Parliament since the prior dissolution, where successive minority governments have collapsed while struggling to secure support for contested public-spending cuts and address an urgent budget and deficit crisis.