Activists staged a sit-in in front of the Lebanese government headquarters to protest what they described as the state of political stalemate and economic collapse in the country.
The protesters demanded the formation of a transitional government with exceptional legislative powers, independent of the parties of power, capable of pulling the country out of economic and living crises, and the approval of a number of laws and reform measures.
The protesters also called for an integrated plan to restructure the Lebanese economy, and to conduct a comprehensive criminal audit in the financial sector to uncover those they described as those involved in the theft of public money.
And at the beginning of this week, calls were launched on social media by activists and revolutionary groups to take to the street under the title Sabbath of Anger.
For more than a year, Lebanon has been experiencing a severe economic crisis, the worst since the end of the civil war in 1990, which led to an unprecedented financial collapse in the country's history.
Due to the recent disputes between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, efforts to form a government to succeed the current caretaker government, headed by Hassan Diab, resigned on August 10, 6 days after the catastrophic explosion in the port of the capital, Beirut.