mobanmarketWashington: The United States called Wednesday on Lebanon’s leaders to meet the “legitimate” grievances of citizens who have led a week of unprecedented protests against corruption.
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David Schenker, the top State Department official for the Middle East, said the United States “stands ready to assist the Lebanese government” in taking action, without commenting on a reform package presented by Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
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The demonstrations show the need for a “frank discussion” between leaders and citizens over “the Lebanese people’s longstanding demands for economic reform and an end to endemic corruption,” Schenker told reporters.
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“It will be up to the Lebanese people to decide whether these measures go far enough to satisfy their legitimate desires for a prosperous and thriving country free of the corruption that has undermined its potential for too long,” he said.
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Protests sparked on October 17 by a proposed tax on calls made through WhatsApp and other messaging apps have morphed into a massive movement seeking to revamp the entire political system.
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The demonstrations have crossed sectarian lines, bringing historic unity in a country still scarred by its civil war which ended in 1990.
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The United States backed the Taif agreement that ended the war but more recently has focused its policy on trying to sideline Hezbollah, the Iranian-linked and strenuously anti-Israel Shiite militant movement which is part of Lebanon’s government.
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