{"id":60612,"date":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60612\/new-pm-mustapha-adib-confronted-by-angry-citizens-in-gemmayze"},"modified":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","slug":"new-pm-mustapha-adib-confronted-by-angry-citizens-in-gemmayze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60612\/new-pm-mustapha-adib-confronted-by-angry-citizens-in-gemmayze\/","title":{"rendered":"New PM Mustapha Adib Confronted By Angry Citizens In Gemmayze"},"content":{"rendered":"With no faith in the current ruling class and their decisions, citizens have directed their anger at newly-appointed Prime Minister Mustapha Adib when they ran into him at Gemmayze.<br \/>  <br \/>  The PM had taken to central Beirut to assess the damages caused by the blast, where he was confronted by people in the area telling him &#8220;you were elected by criminals&#8221;.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A8?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fjdyJifKym\">pic.twitter.com\/fjdyJifKym<\/a><\/p>\u2014 adel samia (@adelsamia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adelsamia\/status\/1300408155545972739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Many were chanting &#8220;thawra&#8221; or revolution at him, before he was ushered away by security. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lebanon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lebanon<\/a> PM-designate rejected by many in damaged areas of Beirut. <br><br>Here they chant \u201crevolution.\u201d <br>Adib\u2019s security detail quickly usher him away.<br><br>He refused to answer how he is different to former PM Diab, simply repeated the same words of empathy &#038; encouragement several times. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hd3T2a16yK\">pic.twitter.com\/hd3T2a16yK<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Timour Azhari (@timourazhari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timourazhari\/status\/1300399590278131714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Some even threw empty water bottles at his convoy as he left the area. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\u2014 (@ALJADEEDNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALJADEEDNEWS\/status\/1300398950932000768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Lebanese diplomat Mustapha Adib was officially named Prime Minister earlier today, now tasked to form a new &#8220;national unity&#8221; government as advised by French President Emmanuel Macron, presumably by Wednesday. <br \/>  <br \/>  He has been the Lebanese ambassador to Germany since 2013 and has also served as former advisor to ex Prime Minister and billionaire Najib Mikati. <br \/>  <br \/>  He was backed by a majority of parliamentary members and ruling parties, receiving 90 votes in total.<br \/>  <br \/>  Upon being named, Adib gave his first speech as PM from Baabda Palace, saying: &#8220;Amid these difficult circumstances, this is no longer the time for words and promises, but rather time for work.&#8221;<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\u2014 (@ALJADEEDNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALJADEEDNEWS\/status\/1300383149600526336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  He explained that they are looking to select professionals with trusted expertise to form the new government and implement crucial reforms.<br \/>  <br \/>  What are your expectations for this new government?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With no faith in the current ruling class and their decisions, citizens have directed their anger at newly-appointed Prime Minister Mustapha Adib when they ran into him at Gemmayze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":434829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-60612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[180],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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