Popular unrest broke out on October 17 after the announcement of a tax on calls via WhatsApp messaging. The rapid cancellation of the measure did not prevent the mobilization from spreading throughout the country.
The United States presses the Lebanese Army to continue chaos in the country, warned the editor-in-chief of the Al-Akhbar newspaper, Wafic Kanso.
During an interview granted to the Al-Mayadeen channel on the Al Machahadiya (Scene) program with Lana Medawar, Kanso said that with these maneuvers Washington intends to "disturb the presidency of the Republic and Hizbullah."
He said that when the people took to the streets "he did it spontaneously in the first few days," but then absurd demands began to appear.
The analyst and editor-in-chief of the newspaper accused the governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh, of being the head of the pyramid of corruption.
And he wondered why "the protesters do not besiege the houses of the corrupt, for example, and why we begin to gradually hear absurd demands, such as the overthrow of the mandate" of President Michel Aoun.
He added that those who kidnapped the movement of popular protests are not interested or want to have a serious leadership capable of negotiating with the government.
He also considered that he is astonished that the "political phenomenon of the Hariri, who have ruled the country almost three decades ago bringing it to the size of the current debt, are not direct targets of the protesters' criticism."
He said that "the leader of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, is negotiating with the Presidency of the Republic to withdraw its militants from the street in exchange for obtaining more than half of the ministerial portfolios in an eventual new government."
Kanso stressed that the Resistance does not use its weapons in the interior of the country and is anxious to restore normal life to the areas ”where most of its supporters and supporters live.
"There are questions about the background of the position of the Minister of Education in terms of continuing the decision to close schools," he added.
Kanso said that some civil society groups have become bandits, adding that "people on the street in the current form will not accept anything, even if the government resigns and this creates many doubts and suspicions."
On the other hand, he pointed out that "the demands of some protesters on the Resistance weapons confirm the questions and suspicions we are talking about."
In this context, he assured that there are many clean figures in this protest movement that must move towards naming a public address to their movement and expel the suspects and those who receive instructions from embassies from foreign countries.
Kanso concluded that the fact of using "slogans against the Resistance, and cutting the roads and the quality of the demands, remind us of what happened in Syria."
The popular unrest erupted on October 17 after the announcement of a tax on calls via WhatsApp messaging. The rapid cancellation of the measure did not prevent the mobilization from spreading throughout the country.
But, in almost two weeks of the uprising, no solution was visible. Banks, schools and universities continue closed until new order. The end of the month is approaching and some may not receive their salaries.
However, the National News Agency reported that government departments in Saray Halba, independent departments and municipalities in all the cities of Akkar received their employees, that the roads in Baalbek and the surrounding area function normally and that private schools returned to Your teaching activities.
At the same time, the El Líbano Fuerte parliamentary bloc announced the lifting of bank secrecy for its deputies and ministers, saying that this step aims to reach a system of laws to fight corruption.
The country suffers from a chronic shortage of electricity, water and basic medical services for 30 years, when the civil war ended (1975-1990).
A week ago, Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced a package of reforms to boost the economy, which has been on the verge of collapse for months.
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