Angry Lebanese citizens immediately took to the streets right after the cabinet's decisions to protest, and the demonstrations quickly grew to all areas in Lebanon in the past week.
Protesters blocked roads and burned tires while calling for the resignation of the government and a complete change of the current political system in the country.
In an effort to calm the situation, Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced earlier this week an economic plan which aims at adopting reforms that would increase help for vulnerable people in the country without imposing any new taxes. The salaries of ministers and lawmakers will also be reduced by 50 percent in addition to a series of other reforms.
However, the announced reforms were not enough to quell the anger and dissatisfaction of the Lebanese, who continued to protest, demanding for the government's resignation.
Commenting on some press reports that hinted the possible existence of a foreign force mobilizing the protests in such an uNPRecedented manner, Khoury said he believed that the protests started genuinely by the Lebanese, though it was possible that they received support later on.
Khoury reasoned that when the voters found out that the politicians who they voted for failed to fulfill their promises, they decided to react and ask for a change.
Makram Rabah, a political analyst and history professor of the American University of Beirut, also believed that there is no direct foreign intervention in the protests because the Americans are currently not very much involved in the affairs in Lebanon.
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