{"id":59067,"date":"2019-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/59067\/lebanese-ministries-locked-down-by-activists-last-night"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:03:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:03:03","slug":"lebanese-ministries-locked-down-by-activists-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/59067\/lebanese-ministries-locked-down-by-activists-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Ministries Locked Down By Activists Last Night"},"content":{"rendered":"Last night, several Lebanese governmental institutions were &#8220;locked down&#8221; by activists, in protest of their rampant corruption. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B6?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646_\u064a\u0646\u062a\u0641\u0636<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0631\u0639<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LBb4trE0H9\">pic.twitter.com\/LBb4trE0H9<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u062d\u0629 (@Akhbaralsaha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Akhbaralsaha\/status\/1202518853923885056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The activists used glue on the keyholes to keep the buildings closed &#8220;until an independent transitional government is formed&#8221;, and put out a notice, explaining in detail why each institution had been locked down. Here are some of the reasons:<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/59067.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <b>1. The Ministry of Finance:<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  &#8211; The Lebanese state has spent $84 billion in interest payments to banks for over 26 years.<br \/>  &#8211; Taxes equivalent to $2 billion were not collected from banks, aside from an additional amount of $6 billion owed to the state.<br \/>  &#8211; Between 1993 and 2018, the state collected taxes worth $149 billion and borrowed an additional $86.3 billion. Where did the money go?<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>2. The Association of Banks in Lebanon:<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  &#8211; Lebanese banks imposed capital control illegally and ambiguously, opposing instructions from the Central Bank.<br \/>  &#8211; Liquidity provided by BDL was used to facilitate the transfer of large depositors&#8217; funds outside Lebanon.<br \/>  &#8211; Bank owners moved all their money abroad with the beginning of the crisis. <br \/>  &#8211; Bank profits were distributed to shareholders instead of securing liquidity for depositors&#8217; funds.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants:<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  &#8211; Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually on unnecessary embassies and consulates.<br \/>  &#8211; Politicians&#8217; trips and travels are fully covered by the state treasury. Many of these expenditures are for personal purposes that do not fall under their official responsibilities.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>4. The Ministry Of Public Works:<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  &#8211; Lebanon&#8217;s Railway and Public Transportation Authority is still state-funded, despite the lack of any functional trains in the country for over 20 years. <br \/>  &#8211; Turning a blind eye to the abuse of public property with illegal projects like Eden Bay Resort.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Activists also targeted the Ministry of Energy and Water, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Industry, and the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers.<br \/>  <br \/>      <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" data-id=\"437991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59067-2-250x188.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59067-2-250x188.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59067-2-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59067-2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59067-2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59067-2-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/59067-2-2048x1536.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, several Lebanese governmental institutions were &#8220;locked down&#8221; 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