Lebanese President Michael Aoun calls for a merit-based government in a bid to calm the protests, which have continued to grip the country for two weeks
Lebanese men watch a televised speech by Lebanon's President Michel Aoun on the third anniversary of his presidency, at a cafe in the southern suburb of the capital Beirut on October 31, 2019.
It followed the resignation of prime minister Saad Hariri's government on Tuesday, which had been met with cheers from crowds seeking the removal of a political class seen as corrupt, incompetent and sectarian. Sparked on October 17 by a proposed tax on free calls made through messaging apps such as WhatsApp, the protests have morphed into a cross-sectarian street mobilisation against an entire political class that has remained largely unchanged since the end of the country's 1975-1990 civil war.
"So there is a dire need for a harmonious government that can be efficient without getting tangled in political disputes." French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said it was "essential for Lebanon's future that a new government be formed rapidly to carry out the reforms that the country needs." The fall of the government under pressure from the street had led to an easing of the lockdown that has crippled the country of six million inhabitants.
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