A driver ran over a protester in southern Lebanon while cutting the highway
Today, Thursday, a driver ran over a young protester who cut off the highway in the town of Ghazieh, in southern Lebanon, in protest against the deteriorating living conditions.
A number of protesters closed the Ghazieh - Al-Zahrani highway to protest the living conditions, but one of the drivers refused to comply with the protesters' decision to close the highway, and ran over a young man among the protesters.
The young man was taken to a hospital in the area, while the protesters smashed large parts of the driver's car.
The protesters blocked roads in a number of areas in eastern, north and south Lebanon and in Mount Lebanon in protest against the lifting of fuel subsidies and the deteriorating living conditions.
Queues of cars have extended in front of gas stations in a number of areas since the morning hours, while some of them were closed due to the lack of gasoline.
On the other hand, the head of the General Labor Union in Lebanon, Bechara Al-Asmar, described in a press conference held today, Thursday, the decision to lift fuel subsidies as “random,” stressing “the formation of a government capable of dealing with crises, not burying the Lebanese people alive.”
Al-Asmar said, "We announce our absolute rejection of lifting the subsidy in the absence of an alternative plan, because workers in the public and private sectors will not be able to access their work, and the military sectors will not be able to join and reach their positions."
The head of the caretaker government in Lebanon, Hassan Diab, confirmed today that the Governor of the Banque du Liban took the decision to lift subsidies on hydrocarbons unilaterally, indicating that the country could not bear the serious repercussions of this decision.
Diab said, during the ministerial meeting devoted to discussing the decision of the Governor of the Banque du Liban to lift the subsidy, as published by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers on its page on “Twitter”, that “these repercussions will affect everything for the livelihood of citizens, their health, the economy and also state institutions, which will be confusing in dealing with a new reality.” Not ready for it, as well as salaries and the attendance of employees.”
The Lebanese government said today, Thursday, that subsidies should be continued and rationalized only when prepaid cards are offered to the poor, after the central bank announced that it would end fuel subsidies.
In a statement after a cabinet meeting, the government also said there should be no change in the prices of refined petroleum products.
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