The protest movement begins Thursday, November 8, its fourth week in Lebanon. The protesters, who demand a new government, are mobilized to denounce the corruption and incompetence of their leaders, in a country in the grip of a serious economic crisis.
Backpacks on the shoulders, brandishing Lebanese flags, lighting colorful smoke, protestors also attack institutions and the center of power. In particular at the Central Bank of Lebanon.
"Riad Salamé [governor of the central bank of Lebanon, Ed] is a thief!" Saraa Danawi pummels, demonstrating in front of the offending bank, "down, down, the reign of the corrupt."
And another demonstrator explains: "All the money that MPs and ministers receive goes through the central bank of Lebanon, so as long as this bank does nothing to oppose the corruption of our politicians, she is complicit in this corruption. "