Protesters blocking road around Mikati's house in Tripoli. (Photo credit: sent by Michel Hallak)
BEIRUT — Protesters blocked the road around caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati's house in Mina, Tripoli Friday evening, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in the North.
Here's what we know:
• Demonstrators blocked the road with burning tires to protest deteriorating living conditions and electricity cuts in the region, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent.
• Earlier in the day Friday, during a parliamentary discussion on the 2022 budget, Mikati call on Parliament to prioritize "national [interest] over populism, and we should not stay in a state of denial."
"I didn't run for the [2022] parliamentary elections because I knew non-populist decisions should be taken," Mikati added.
• Tripoli, the poorest city in Lebanon, has been struggling with economic instability and a rising crime rate, which pushed caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi to take security measures to contain the situation in the region. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati is from Tripoli.
Reporting contributed by Michel Hallak