A number of activists staged a sit-in at Sassine Square this evening which coincided with a stand by some expatriates residing outside Lebanon, calling for “preserving our Lebanese national identity and not to remain hostages of the mafia and militia alliance,” NNA correspondent reported.
After playing the national anthem, participants chanted slogans and raised banners calling for “accountability for all officials, independence of the judiciary, accountability for those involved in the Beirut Port blast, punishment of all the corrupt and thieves who brought the country to its current situation…”
Demonstrators also urged citizens to “take to the street to express their anger towards their daily sufferings, particularly since more than half of the Lebanese people have become below extreme poverty line.”
Source: National News Agency