{"id":43666,"date":"2015-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/43666\/fist-fight-breaks-out-in-lebanese-parliament-again"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:30:34","slug":"fist-fight-breaks-out-in-lebanese-parliament-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/43666\/fist-fight-breaks-out-in-lebanese-parliament-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Fist Fight Breaks Out in Lebanese Parliament (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<big>Our esteemed members of parliament have done it again. <br \/>  <br \/>  During a meeting held by the Parliament\u2019s Energy Committee, a joke in and of itself, a fight broke out between Aoun and Hariri&#8217;s employees &#8211; I mean, Members of Parliament.<\/big> <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43666.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via https:\/\/claudeelkhal.blogspot.com<br \/>  <br \/>  <big>The fight was a result of an argument about the electricity crisis (it&#8217;s been 35 years, can we call it a reality instead of a crisis?) And each side blaming the other of being a thief and a liar &#8211; you know, like you did in Kindergarten. <br \/>  <br \/>  It became apparent that several MP&#8217;s present hadn&#8217;t paid their due electric bills in over 10 years, bills accumulating to around $800,000. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  You can watch the shameful video below:<br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yIa99keeYk0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The room was filled with millions of dollars in investments and maybe $20 in morality. <br \/>  <br \/>  This should be the biggest incentive for all of us to join in on Thursday&#8217;s protests against this horrendous representation that is plaguing our country. 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