Anti-government protesters continued blocking roads and filling the streets of Beirut on Thursday, despite the resignation of the prime minister earlier this week.
Lebanese protesters went back to blocking roads and thousands packed into public squares on Thursday, insisting their revolution was far from over despite the resignation of the prime minister earlier this week.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned Tuesday, handing the demonstrators their first victory but plunging the country into even greater uncertainty. It typically takes weeks or even months to form a government. But he did not offer any concrete proposals or make any concessions to the protesters, who went back to chanting and playing protest songs after the speech ended."Everything must be done to avoid provocations and violence and preserve the citizens' right to demonstrate peacefully," Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement."It is crucial for Lebanon's future that a new government is quickly formed that is able to lead reforms the country needs.
The protesters have been sitting or lying in the roads, forcing security forces to drag them away by their arms and legs. In some places, security forces have removed piles of burning tires, concrete blocks and other physical roadblocks. There have been scuffles but no reports of serious clashes or injuries.
A senior member of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc criticized Hariri's resignation, saying it would"contribute to wasting the time available to implement reforms," complicating efforts to resolve the crisis. The protesters have called for the overthrow of the narrow political class that has ruled Lebanon since its 1975-1990 civil war, and which includes several former warlords and their relatives. The sectarian power-sharing arrangement that ended the war gave birth to political machines that have drained the treasury and eroded public services.
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