(7 Nov 2019) Thousands of Lebanese protesters took the streets of Beirut, called for the toppling of the current regime and holding Lebanese officials accountable for corruption and theft of public funds. Protesters marched in Hamra street, the main shopping street in the Lebanese capital, calling for the closure of the universities and schools.
Outside the Lebanese American university dozens of protesters tried to enter the campus and to stop the classes inside it.
Protester Fadel Halawi called on the universities to stop classes, so protesters will be able to call for their demands.
The demonstrations have paralyzed the country and kept banks shuttered for two weeks.
Lebanon, one of the most heavily indebted countries in the world, already was dealing with a severe fiscal crisis before the protests began, one rooted in years of heavy borrowing and expensive patronage networks run by entrenched political parties.
The protesters are calling for the formation of a technocrat government that would get to work immediately on addressing Lebanon's economic crisis. They accuse officials of dragging their feet on that.
In the beginning of the fourth week, protesters have adopted a new tactic of surrounding state institutions to disrupt their work.
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