Hundreds of Lebanese protest against deposits loss
STORY: Hundreds of Lebanese protest against deposits loss
DATELINE: May 10, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of protesters burning tires to protest near the parliament
2. various of people protesting in Lebanon
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Lebanese on Tuesday took to the streets to protest against losing their bank deposits.
Protesters burned tires near the Lebanese parliament, chanted slogans, and clashed with security forces.
"We are lawyers, engineers, and academics, not rioters, but we can no longer endure the current situation," representatives of the depositors' association said in a statement.
Charbel Massaad, a member of parliament (MP) who participated in the protests, said: "We will not accept that depositors live in humiliation."
Melhem Khalaf, another MP, called for the election of a president for Lebanon and the formation of a government to solve the country's crisis.
Lebanon has been facing an unprecedented financial crisis amid a shortage of foreig
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