Lebanese call for an uprising after protests rocked Beirut – By Michael Georgy (Reuters) / Aug 9 2020
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called on Sunday for a sustained uprising to topple their leaders amid public fury over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite cleric said the cabinet should resign.
A man walks past a truck that was burned during a protest in Martyrs’ Square, following Tuesday’s blast in Beirut, Lebanon August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Protesters have called on the government to quit over what they say was negligence that led to Tuesday’s explosion. Anger boiled over into violence scenes in central Beirut on Saturday.
Christian Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai said the cabinet should resign if it cannot “change the way it governs”.
“The resignation of an MP or a minister is not enough (..) the whole government should resign if it is unable to help the country recover,” he said in his Sunday sermon.
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