Protesters damaged property and lit fires in central Beirut. When the military was referred to as in after midnight, the few remaining protesters nonetheless out within the streets scattered.
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On Sunday, one person was killed and 30 more were wounded in fierce clashes with security forces.
Mountains of garbage appeared in the streets, alongside homes, schools and hospitals. About 40 people were taken to hospital.
The cabinet meeting came after a weekend of protests that began over a trash crisis but evolved into an outlet for deep-seated frustrations at the government’s impotence.
Lebanon is ruled by a sectarian power-sharing agreement but has been without a president for more than one year now. Parliament twice has extended its term without elections, though it isn’t working because some lawmakers insist on electing a president first. But it was attractive, because the violence only emphasized the rightful demands of the people, the women, men, old, young and the children (yes, the children) who have had enough of the criminal, corrupt, unaccountable, illegal political class whose time is up.
Hezbollah in a statement slammed the “mounting and worsening corruption” it said the garbage crisis reflected. “So both (the federal government) has to vary or it has to grow to be extra environment friendly and extra equitable”.
“The infuriating thing is it that the government knew the exact hour the landfill would expire”.
“Security forces are reacting to orders from the political elite, and citizens are legitimately exhausted of it”, Kadado said. “Let all officials and political forces bear their responsibilities”. In Lebanon, it is the president who appoints the prime minister.
Charlie Kadado, editor of Lebanese Examiner, which has a mailing address in Troy, said the ongoing crisis could result in a “major political disaster” and that worldwide governments should be watching Lebanon closely.
The demonstrators were calling on the government to step down for mishandling a dispute over uncollected garbage in the streets for weeks, extending an online campaign named “You Stink” by activists.
They announced the cancellation of protests planned for Monday evening on their You Stink movement’s Facebook page, saying they would hold a news conference later in the day to explain their decision.
The bids will now go before Lebanon’s cabinet for approval. Whereas on Saturday cops officers have been swift to fireside in to the air & use tear fuel to move protesters alongside, Sun.’s protest started peacefully. The group does, however, face a number of significant challenges.
Lebanese protest organizers called for more demonstrations against the government on Saturday after two days rallies that descended into violence and forced the government to erect blast walls around it headquarters. According to that system, the prime minister must be a Sunni and the parliament speaker a Shiite.
The movement has also sparked a debate about Lebanon’s other great divide: class.
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Others said they were simply marginalised members of society who were venting anger that had built up over the years. He said that political parties that are unable to resolve so basic a problem as garbage could not possibly deal with greater matters, such as war and peace, particularly when pertaining to Israel.
