Lebanon .. Protests and sit - ins and international pressure and trade union to form a government

Protests and sit-ins continue in Lebanon to condemn economic and social conditions and demand political reform. Political consultations have so far failed to form a government despite warnings from the World Bank, hospitals and fuel companies.

Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri is trying to form a non-political technocrats government, whether he is the head or will nominate another figure to head the government.

Hizbullah and Amal are holding a government that confuses technocrats and parties so as not to lose their superiority in the last elections, while the Free Patriotic Movement represented by President Michel Aoun is trying to push for a technocratic government, but the parties name their members.

The correspondent added that these three parties are still discussing to find a solution without making progress, while the World Bank's regional director, "Saroj Kumar Jha," Lebanon to quickly form a government within a week, to prevent further loss of confidence in the Lebanese economy.

Dollar and fuel
The crisis is further complicated by the announcement by the representative of fuel distributor Fadi Abu Chakra that 60% of fuel stations in the country are running out of fuel.

He considered that the main problem is that "companies will not be able to import new quantities, because banks refused to open credits in dollars, according to the mechanism agreed with the Central Bank of Lebanon."

President Aoun called for a banking meeting on Saturday at Baabda Presidential Palace to address the financial situation.

On the other hand, the hospital's president, Suleiman Haroun, said that the hospitals "will take a one-day warning action on Friday, stopping the reception of patients except for emergencies, patients with dialysis and chemotherapy" if banks do not respond to their request to facilitate the transfer of funds in dollars to buy medical supplies.

Since August, banks have gradually limited the sale of the dollar, and banks have closed in the first two weeks of demonstrations since 17 October.