Yesterday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on the security forces to remain vigilant in order to combat any security imbalance and to keep their eyes watchful to fight corruption in accordance with its powers according to the law.

"The country is going through very difficult circumstances and an unprecedented crisis in its history," the Lebanese president said, expressing his hope that things will start to improve gradually with the formation of the new government and overcoming the crisis.

Aoun asserted during his reception of the security leaders in Lebanon at the Baabda Palace in the capital Beirut, where he offered him congratulations on Christmas and the coming of the New Year, stressing that "the economic and financial crisis we are living in is 30 years old, and not the birth of the present, and it started since the economy was transformed into an economy Tourism and services.

He added that since then, “the debt accumulated without the state paying it, and it fell today in great deficit, so today we live in a period of austerity at the individual level and at the level of the state and its institutions.”

For his part, the Commander of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, said during the meeting: "Seventy days, and our soldiers are ready to keep pace with the popular movement and the constitutional benefits."

He added, "Seventy days, the army seeks to guarantee the safety of peaceful demonstrators, and to provide freedom of movement and the preservation of public and private property."

He went on to say: “Our army, which used to fight enemies, finds itself in front of a painful reality, even if it bears responsibility stemming from its conviction and its concern for civil peace and preventing strife. Our army will continue with this mission, no matter the sacrifices. ”

On the other hand, the sit-in tents against the political class in the city of Sidon have turned into restaurants, shops and clinics that provide services free of charge to all the needy, generalized with other Lebanese regions, in the determination of the demonstrators to present a model of solidarity and resilience in a country that suffers from an economic collapse that threatens citizens to make a living.

Under the slogan "It is forbidden to be hungry," protesters who have been crouching in Elia Square in southern Sidon for more than two months have set up a ready-made kitchen in which they prepare meals for the poor, according to the vegetables, bread, fruit and other food available to them.

"Friends donate food and women volunteer for cooking," said one of the kitchen organizers, Wael Kassab, to Agence France-Presse. "Our goal is to create a state of social solidarity among segments of society."

In the demonstration square in Sidon, which has become a popular destination for citizens who have had limited livelihoods, it is sufficient for a call to be made via a loudspeaker at the open sit-in platform about the need for a blood unit donor so that dozens can volunteer, and patients can also go to the demonstration square to register their names with people in charge of organizing The initiative, they transfer them to clinics for free treatment.

In addition to the protest square kitchen, a tent was dedicated to distributing used clothes to the needy, who the protesters called "revolution novote".

"The idea started with ten pieces of clothing and turned into a kind of shop," says supervisor of the free clothes tent, Zainab Najm.

She adds: "Poor women visit the tent and search for what suits them best." And the most happy thing is "children who rejoice when they find some dolls."

A few meters away from the sit-in, NGOs also opened the "Al-Khair Restaurant" to distribute food to the poor over five days per week. Meals last week included salad, stuffed zucchini, a stew of lobby, rice and fruits.

"I cannot afford to buy or prepare food," said Abu Ahmed, 83, who goes to the restaurant every day.

He added, "I am full today ... but I am afraid of the coming days."

In front of the Central Bank of Lebanon in Beirut, demonstrators who called themselves "Youth Revolution Group" this month erected a tent in which they received donations from clothes to mattresses and foodstuffs to distribute to protesters, and beside the tent hung slogans saying "hunger is an infidel" and "I belong to the hungry" ».

In Beirut, the campaign “Not Payers” was launched, refusing to pay taxes and fees on citizens, as well as bank loans due to the strict measures imposed by banks to withdraw funds.

In Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, the city where 26% of its population suffers from extreme poverty and 57% live at or below the poverty line, several humanitarian initiatives have emerged that have taken place in the Al-Nour Square, the headquarters of the main demonstration.

In one of the tents, a kitchen was established, which aims to prepare 2,500 meals a day, to distribute it to the poor, who come to each other from Tripoli.

Other initiatives have emerged in the city, one of which aims to ensure that some modest stores remain open, especially in slums.

Aoun called the Powers

Security awake

And fighting corruption.