Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has agreed with his cabinet partners on a package of reform decisions aimed at easing the economic crisis that has fueled popular protests across Lebanon and is expected to be approved by the cabinet today, officials said.

The reform decisions include reducing the salaries of current and former presidents, ministers and deputies by 50%, and the contribution of the Central Bank and Lebanese banks by about 5000 billion Lebanese pounds, equivalent to $ 3.3 billion.

It also includes a plan to privatize the telecommunications sector and a comprehensive reform of the worn-out electricity sector, a crucial demand from foreign donors for the release of $ 11 billion.

Lebanese media have reported that a small ministerial meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, will be held in the middle of the house to discuss the economic paper presented by Hariri to the political blocs and to make amendments to it, noting that the mini-meeting paves the way for an urgent government session at the Presidential Palace.

The sources in the Lebanese government said yesterday that Hariri held meetings with a number of representatives of the political blocs, separately, during which he presented an economic paper in the form of a rescue initiative

The Lebanese protesters returned to the streets yesterday, to continue to pressure the Prime Minister with the expiration of a deadline set by Hariri to implement a package of reforms badly needed for the country's economy.

All the sectors of Lebanese society took part in the anti-government protests yesterday aimed at overthrowing a political elite that the protesters accuse of “plunging the economy into a crisis”. The demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the fall of the government.

The demonstrators gathered in the center of Beirut, and others took to the street in Tire, Nabatieh and Sidon in the south, and Tripoli and Akkar in the north, and up to Baalbek in the east.

Demonstrators organized Dabkeh workshops, chanting recorded songs and national anthems. Some brought with them musical instruments that they used to keep up with the cheers. Volunteers came in the morning to the center of the capital to clean up the streets and the streets.

Demonstrators in Tripoli's al-Nour Square hoisted a Lebanese flag hundreds of meters long. In Tire, people again took to the streets, calling for the theft of the government and calling for the overthrow of the government. At sea, the city's fishermen demonstrated in their boats and boats.

The administrative body of the Association of Public Administration Officials in Lebanon announced yesterday the extension of the general strike in all departments and institutions until this evening. The association said in a statement that it was decided to extend the strike in anticipation of the promised measures to be issued by the government to address the current crisis.

According to Lebanese media, the presidency of the Lebanese University decided to suspend classes and postpone the exams to a later date, given the current circumstances.

Hariri gave his government partners 72 hours last Friday to agree on reforms that would avert an economic crisis, hinting that he might resign if this does not happen.

Hariri accused his opponents of obstructing budgetary measures that could allow Lebanon to get $ 11 billion pledged by Western donors and help him avoid economic collapse. Pressure mounted on Hariri after voices from trade union leaders and politicians joined popular calls for the government to resign. The Lebanese Forces Party said late on Tuesday its four ministers would withdraw from the government.

Lebanese banks closed due to demonstrations

The Association of Lebanese Banks issued a statement yesterday, announcing that banks will remain closed today. The effects of the damage to some banking centers and branches, the Association announces that the doors of banks will remain closed on Monday ». The Assembly expressed the hope that «the situation quickly restored in the light of the good offices and tireless efforts of various authorities to promote peace and stability, and to resume normal life in the country».

- Volunteers clean the yards of demonstrations .. Dabke rings and national anthems keep up with cheers.

- A Lebanese flag of hundreds of meters in Tripoli .. And fishermen demonstrating their boats in «Tire».