{"id":42626,"date":"2020-08-07T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/major-protest-planned-in-beirut-in-wake-of-deadly-explosion\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T17:32:00","slug":"major-protest-planned-in-beirut-in-wake-of-deadly-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/major-protest-planned-in-beirut-in-wake-of-deadly-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"#Major protest planned in Beirut in wake of deadly explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Major protest planned in Beirut in wake of deadly explosion<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 7, 2020 |<\/span> 1:32pm |<\/span> Updated August 7, 2020 | 1:40pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n A massive anti-government protest is planned for central Beirut on Saturday as many Lebanese citizens have blamed leaders\u2019 incompetence for the deadly explosion that leveled the city\u2019s main port earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Small protests broke out near the country\u2019s parliament in the city Thursday night, with demonstrators flinging stones at police and setting fires. Law enforcement authorities responded by firing tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.<\/p>\n

The protesters are calling for the resignation of the country\u2019s political elite.<\/p>\n

Word of Saturday\u2019s protest spread online Friday and called for demonstrators to gather in Martyrs\u2019 Square, a downtown hub that became a central location for uprisings that ousted the country\u2019s prime minister last year, but stopped short of overthrowing the political system, the Guardian reported.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the city and said his country would provide aid to Beirut \u2014 and app<\/a>eared to be sympathetic to protesters calling for a new political order in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Macron, whose country previously ruled Lebanon as a colonial power, said France would not give \u201cblank checks to a system that no longer has the trust of its people.\u201d<\/p>\n

After visiting the blast site, Macron walked in a devastated neighborhood as people chanted anti-government slogans and called for a revolution in the country.<\/p>\n

The French president added that he would call for \u201ca new political pact\u201d when he met with Lebanon\u2019s political leaders later in the day.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of the port of Beirut after the deadly explosion<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the end of the country\u2019s civil war in 1990, Lebanon has had a sectarian power-sharing government that states the president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of Parliament must be a Shiite Muslim.<\/p>\n

The factions in power \u2014 including Iranian-backed Hezbollah \u2014 have used the system for cronyism, which has led to widespread corruption in the government.<\/p>\n

This extended to the port of Beirut, where bribery was rampant and goods were often hidden from taxes and duties.<\/p>\n

The explosion at the port on Tuesday, which killed more than 135 people and injured thousands, was reportedly caused by 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, roughly equivalent to 1,100 tons of TNT.<\/p>\n

The combustible material \u2014 typically used to make fertilizers and explosives \u2014\u00a0 is believed to have been carried on a vessel owned by a Russian businessman, who allegedly abandoned the cargo\u00a0at the port roughly seven years ago.<\/p>\n

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