Lebanese banks, schools shut as protesters push on

Thousands of protesters closed main roads in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon following a televised interview by the country's president in which he said there could be further delays before a new government is formed

Lebanese demonstrators block the entrance of the electricity company in the southern city of Sidon on November 12, 2019.

The government stepped down on October 29 but stayed on in a caretaker capacity and no overt efforts have so far been made to form a new one. The union of banks said they were striving to ensure safe working conditions so employees could return to work as soon as possible. The UN envoy urged Lebanon to accelerate the formation of a new government that would be able "to appeal for support from Lebanon's international partners."

Protesters are demanding that a fresh cabinet include independent experts not affiliated to traditional political parties, but no date has yet been set for the required parliamentary consultations."A technocratic government can't set the policies of the country" and would not "represent the people," he said in the interview on Lebanese TV.

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