Lebanon’s Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi has announced his resignation amid the ongoing political crisis in the country.

Rifi on Sunday blamed Lebanon’s Resistance Movement Hezbollah and its allied parties for the ongoing political deadlock in the country. He said he was resigning over the group’s “domination” of the government.

“Continuing (to be part of) this government has become an agreement to this deviation, or at least is a failure to confront it,” Rifi said in a statement, adding, “So I present to you and to Prime Minister Tammam Salam my resignation.”

The Lebanese cabinet is expected to hold an emergency session on Monday.

Rifi has also expressed his frustration at Hezbollah’s anti-Saudi stance and the group’s involvement in the fight against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.

Hezbollah has not yet commented on the issue.

Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014, when former President Michel Sleiman’s term in office ended.

The election of a new president has been hindered by lawmakers from a number of different political parties, who boycott parliamentary sessions. The power vacuum, which has left the cabinet and parliament paralyzed, is considered the longest since 1990, which marked the end of Lebanon’s civil war.

Hezbollah backs Michel Aoun, a veteran Christian politician and the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), for president. In 2006, the FPM signed a memorandum of understanding with Hezbollah.

Under Lebanon’s power-sharing system, the president must be a Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the parliament speaker a Shia Muslim.

The developments also come as Lebanon is gripped by the spillover of militancy in neighboring Syria, where Takfiri terrorists have been operating to topple the government since 2011.

Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorists have been active on the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Arsal, located on the border with Syria.

The militants briefly overran the town in August 2014. However, the Takfiri elements later withdrew from the area but took several Lebanese army and police forces hostage, some of whom were executed.

Hezbollah fighters are fighting against Daesh. They are also combating alongside the Syrian army soldiers and allied forces against the terrorists wreaking havoc in Syria.

In early February, Aoun praised Hezbollah’s military campaign against Takfiri terror groups in Syria, saying Lebanon needs the group’s help in protecting its borders.