It is rare violence. As Lebanon enters its fourth month of popular protest, nearly 400 people were injured on Saturday (January 18th) in Beirut, where further demonstrations are again expected.
Since the resignation in late October of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, his successor Hassan Diab, appointed on December 19, has still not formed a government team. Deter to the deterioration of the economic situation and the true political dead end, the anger now seems to have gone up a notch.
A tension that also prompted the former head of government to speak on Sunday on social networks. "There is a roadmap to calm popular anger," Saad Hariri tweeted. "Stop wasting time, form a government, open the door to political and economic solutions."
Saad Hariri, head of three governments since 2009, was chased by the streets on October 29, 13 days after the protests began.
Since October, the protest movement has been denouncing a confused and incompetent political class, but also difficult living conditions and public services in decline.
The World Bank has warned that the poverty rate could reach 50% of the population, against the third at present, and the frustration is growing stronger at the lack of response from the authorities.
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