#Lebanon Prime Minister @saadhariri speaking from the Grand Serail - very close to Riad Solh Square where protests are taking place.
"In spite of everything, we are one family... What we saw yesterday is the pain of the Lebanese. I with them as long as they are peaceful."
"In spite of everything, we are one family... What we saw yesterday is the pain of the Lebanese. I with them as long as they are peaceful."
#Lebanon PM Hariri: "The question is how do we move forward and find solutions.
"Though people expressed their pain on the streets yesterday, I've been working for 3 years to fixing these problems... we are spending more than we make."
"Though people expressed their pain on the streets yesterday, I've been working for 3 years to fixing these problems... we are spending more than we make."
#Lebanon PM Hariri: "Electricity costs $2b a year, and we are committed to increase public sector worker salaries but they cost another $2b
I said the solution is to lower the deficit of the budget.
I told everyone the true solution is to increase investment into the country
I said the solution is to lower the deficit of the budget.
I told everyone the true solution is to increase investment into the country
#Lebanon PM Hariri: Reforms don't mean taxes. Reforms means that the way Lebanon works whether it's laws or anything else... they must be changed... because we can't live in 2019 and use laws that were passed in the 1960s.
#Lebanon PM Hariri says the response to the lack of implementation of CEDRE reforms ..."but the root of the problem is political paralysis"
"Perhaps there are regional developments and changes in power balances... maybe they said things in Syria are safe so let Lebanon suffer"
"Perhaps there are regional developments and changes in power balances... maybe they said things in Syria are safe so let Lebanon suffer"
#Lebanon PM Hariri: "What mattered to me is to speak to the people today to tell them how anger was put into their hearts ... and how for over 4 years and traveling worldwide to find Lebanon opportunities for aid and investment... but after yesterday, I saw things differently"
