Lebanon: Protesters demand 'more' despite Hariri's resignation

Name: Lebanon: Protesters demand 'more' despite Hariri's resignation
Uploaded: 2019-10-31T11:47:18+00:00
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Description: Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his cabinet's resignation on Tuesday, the 13th day of a wave of protests triggered by a proposed tax on calls via free phone applications. Even though that proposal was then scrapped, the demonstrations swelled into a broad cross-sectarian call for an end to a political system viewed as corrupt and inefficient.

Issued on: 30/10/2019 - 12:31Modified: 31/10/2019 - 12:47

Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his cabinet's resignation on Tuesday, the 13th day of a wave of protests triggered by a proposed tax on calls via free phone applications. Even though that proposal was then scrapped, the demonstrations swelled into a broad cross-sectarian call for an end to a political system viewed as corrupt and inefficient.