Published Saturday, October 20, 2012
Lebanon's prime minister Najib Mikati has suspended
a decision to resign after President Michel Suleiman urged him to stay on,
pending negotiations with the opposition, Mikati said at a press conference
Saturday.
Lebanon's opposition will take to the streets to demand the ouster of Prime
Minister Najib Mikati's government in the wake of a massive explosion that
killed intelligence strongman Wissam al-Hassan and seven civilians, the March 14
youth coalition said Saturday.
The coalition held Najib Mikati "personally responsible" for al-Hassan's
assassination, and called on protesters, who have blocked major roads around the
country with burning tires, to make way for people expected to stream into
downtown Beirut and demonstrate for the government's resignation.
The demonstration is scheduled to take place at 5 pm Saturday in downtown
Beirut's Martyrs Square, which was also the site of million-strong
demonstrations in 2005 that catapulted Syria's departure from Lebanon, after
being stationed in the country for nearly 30 years.
March 14 is also calling for the expulsion of the Syrian ambassador in
Lebanon, and for Hezbollah to turn in four suspects indicted by the UN's Special
Tribunal for Lebanon for former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination.
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