After the unprecedented clashes in Beirut ... security measures discussed by Aoun and the leaders of the agencies

Lebanese President Michel Aoun discussed with the leaders of the Lebanese security services today, Monday, measures to confront violence, after the unprecedented clashes in central Beirut, at a time when the disruption in the formation of the government raises tensions in the street and between the political forces.

The meeting, which Aoun called, included Minister of Defense Elias Bousaab and Minister of Interior Raya Al-Hassan, and discussed in detail the security situation in the country in light of the confrontations witnessed in Beirut during the past two days between security forces and protesters demanding the formation of an independent government.

Al-Jazeera correspondent Carmen Gokhdar said that the meeting - the first since the popular movement began on October 17 last - dealt with four main points, namely, the protection of demonstrators and private property, deterrence of subversive and engineering groups, and coordination with judicial bodies to enforce laws.

The correspondent added that Aoun called during the meeting to distinguish between peaceful demonstrators and rioters.

A government source said that the meeting discussed security measures that will be taken to protect peaceful protesters and public and private property, and to deter subversive groups.

The French press agency quoted the source as saying that the meeting spoke about the presence of people intruded into the ranks of the demonstrators, who were riots and attacks on security forces.

The security meeting was held in the Baabda presidential palace in the wake of new confrontations that erupted after protesters gathered in the vicinity of the House of Representatives and injured about ninety people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.

A day earlier, there were clashes that resulted in the wounding of about 380 people, described as the most violent since the start of the popular movement demanding comprehensive reforms in mid-October last, and they were punctuated by violence targeting public banks and institutions, and some voices denounced what they considered to be an excessive use of force. By the security services.

Hariri warns
Politically, Saad Hariri, the head of the Lebanese caretaker government, said today that the delay in forming the government has been going on for ninety days while the country is moving towards the unknown.

Al-Hariri added - in tweets on Twitter - that a government is urgently needed to achieve a hole in the wall, and to stop the chain of collapse and the economic and security repercussions, as he put it.

He considered that the continuation of the security spiral in the face of the people means that they are going through the crisis and insisting on denying the new political reality.

Hariri had called after the violent clashes in Beirut on Saturday evening, to accelerate the formation of the government.

The statements of the head of the Lebanese caretaker government come at a time when Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab is trying to remove obstacles to his government that were expected to be announced last Friday.

For this purpose, Diab yesterday met President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace, and Diab left the palace without making a statement.

Al-Jazeera correspondent Carmen Gokhdar said that the protesters demanding a change in the current political class reject the path of forming the new government, as they demand that its president and members be technocrats who are completely independent of the current political forces.

Al-Jazeera correspondent Ihab Al-Aqdi said yesterday that the Free Patriotic Movement is no longer adhering to a third of the government, which is supposed to include 18 ministers, while a new proposal calls for raising the number to twenty ministers.

It is noteworthy that the Future Movement led by Hariri announced a long time ago his refusal to participate in this government. Designated Prime Minister Hassan Diab is described as affiliated with Hezbollah, but he denies this.