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"Are they deaf or are they stupid?" - Lebanese protestors reject 'another elite'
السلام عليكم
Lebanese protesters reject 'another elite' PM candidate
Protesters in Lebanon took to the streets on Thursday night, shouting "Thief", as local media reports said business tycoon and former Tripoli Member of Parliament Mohammad Safadi will be nominated as the country's next prime minister.
After two weeks of closed-door consultations following the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri on October 29, the decision was reached at a meeting on Thursday evening between Hariri and representatives of the major Shia parties, Hezbollah and Amal.
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Safadi has close ties with the Saudi royal family, having made much of his money in the kingdom. Emigrating to Saudi Arabia from Lebanon in 1975, he built a business empire constructing residential compounds across the country, and once worked as a manager for Saudi Air Force chief Prince Turki bin Nasser.
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The nomination of Safadi, a Saudi-aligned Sunni billionaire, to replace Hariri, another Saudi-aligned Sunni billionaire, has struck many as tone-deaf in the backdrop of protests against the Lebanese elites.
"Who in their right mind considered Safadi to be a good option for prime minister in the middle of an anti-elitist revolution?" asked medical student Ramez Dagher on Twitter. "Are they deaf or are they stupid?"
The choice is being seen as so tone-deaf it has prompted rumours of a double bluff from the government to lower the protesters' expectations: by floating an unacceptable initial nomination, the next candidate might seem more acceptable by comparison.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...eject-elite-pm-candidate-191115144917395.html
السلام عليكم
Lebanese protesters reject 'another elite' PM candidate
Protesters in Lebanon took to the streets on Thursday night, shouting "Thief", as local media reports said business tycoon and former Tripoli Member of Parliament Mohammad Safadi will be nominated as the country's next prime minister.
After two weeks of closed-door consultations following the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri on October 29, the decision was reached at a meeting on Thursday evening between Hariri and representatives of the major Shia parties, Hezbollah and Amal.
[... ]
Safadi has close ties with the Saudi royal family, having made much of his money in the kingdom. Emigrating to Saudi Arabia from Lebanon in 1975, he built a business empire constructing residential compounds across the country, and once worked as a manager for Saudi Air Force chief Prince Turki bin Nasser.
[... ]
The nomination of Safadi, a Saudi-aligned Sunni billionaire, to replace Hariri, another Saudi-aligned Sunni billionaire, has struck many as tone-deaf in the backdrop of protests against the Lebanese elites.
"Who in their right mind considered Safadi to be a good option for prime minister in the middle of an anti-elitist revolution?" asked medical student Ramez Dagher on Twitter. "Are they deaf or are they stupid?"
The choice is being seen as so tone-deaf it has prompted rumours of a double bluff from the government to lower the protesters' expectations: by floating an unacceptable initial nomination, the next candidate might seem more acceptable by comparison.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...eject-elite-pm-candidate-191115144917395.html