Protests for Electricity Break

Few days ago protests started in the North. The reason for the protest was the electricity cut in the region. It seems that they used to get 24/7 electricity but now they are getting 20 hours.

Here’s an article from elnashra:

Saniora and the New Cabinet

After being appointed as prime minister by 68 votes (out of 127), Fouad Saniora held consultations with the Parliamentary bloc leaders to for the new cabinet which is supposed to be a unity government.

Some sources have been stating that the formation of this new government will not be easy. As it was stated in the Doha agreement, the government should be divided as follows: 16 ministers for the loyalists, 11 for the opposition and 3 for the president.

Saniora Government Backed Off the 2 Decisions

Finally, the Saniora government backed off the 2 decisions that they took 2 days before the labor union protest which turned into violent fights between the Lebanese.

Few days ago, the Lebanese Army asked the government to cancel the decisions. Two main loyalist leaders, Saad Hariri and Walid Junblat, accepted the army’s decision but nothing was canceled by the Saniora government. Yesterday, the information minister, Ghazi Aridi, in his statement after the meeting of the government announced that the government has canceled the two decisions.

Gunshots were heard all night by opposition supporters who were celebrating the canceling of the two decisions.