In recent weeks, the Maronite patriarch, Bechara Al Rai, has taken centre stage in Lebanon’s political life. This comes as those in power remain unable to come to an agreement over a new government, even though Lebanon is in the throes of a financial and economic meltdown that has led to widespread poverty.
Patriarch Al Rai
has been pursuing a campaign in recent months to begin a process of securing Lebanon’s neutrality. More recently, he expanded his demands, asking that a UN conference be held to help break the country’s deadlock. At this conference, participants would announce Lebanese neutrality “so that [the country] does not return to being a victim of conflicts and wars and divisions , as the patriarch recently stated at a rally in favour of his proposal.
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Lebanon Up-in-Arms: Nationwide Street Protests Hit Record High Published March 4th, 2021 - 07:13 GMT
A demonstrator clad in mask coloured with the Lebanese flag reacts as she stands next to flaming tires cutting off a road in the centre of Lebanon s capital Beirut late on March 2, 2021 during a protest against deteriorating economic and social conditions. The Lebanese pound hit an all-time low on March 2, trading at nearly 10,000 pounds to the dollar on the black market, causing dozens to protest a deepening economic crisis that has thrown more than half of the population into poverty. The pound had been pegged to the dollar at 1,500 since 1997 but the country s worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war has seen its value plummet. ANWAR AMRO / AFP
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