BREAKING: Lebanon’s PM Saad Hariri announces resignation
Tue 29 October 2019:
Lebanon‘s Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced he was resigning on Tuesday, succumbing to the demands of protesters who have staged nationwide demonstrations for nearly two weeks.
The three-time prime minister has led a national unity government, which included some of his political adversaries, for less than two years. In recent months, the country saw rapid economic deterioration, ballooning debt and rising prices.
دولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء سعد الحريري يوجه كلمة الى اللبنانيين https://t.co/eHuU60ZmS2
— رئاسة مجلس الوزراء ?? (@grandserail) October 29, 2019
On October 17, the government proposed imposing a tax on Whatsapp calls, along with other austerity measures, sparking nationwide protests that paralyzed the country,
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigning amid wave of anti-government protests and deep economic woes#Lebanon #Prime_minister #saad_hariri #resigning #iranpress pic.twitter.com/KcpnhARpyh
— Iranpressnewsagency (@iranpress_news) October 29, 2019
Lebanon has been under lock-down since the protests began. Banks and schools have been closed for 12 days, while protesters blocked major routes throughout the tiny eastern Mediterranean country.
The Prime Minister of Lebanon has just announced his resignation after two weeks of protest.
These are the streets of Beirut right now.
— Joshua Potash ? (@JoshuaPotash) October 29, 2019
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