{"id":60900,"date":"2020-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60900\/president-aoun-asks-the-people-where-reform-plans-have-gone"},"modified":"2020-10-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:00:00","slug":"president-aoun-asks-the-people-where-reform-plans-have-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60900\/president-aoun-asks-the-people-where-reform-plans-have-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"President Aoun Asks The People Where Reform Plans Have Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"In a televised speech that was held at noon today, Lebanese President Michel Aoun addressed the nation in “complete openness and honesty” on the difficult stages ahead for Lebanon.
He discussed reform plans that had previously been set in place including electricity, water, social security, accountability, and more, and he blamed officials for blocking them and standing in the way. He also spoke to the public, asking “where” all these plans have gone (because it’s up to us to know?) before he addressed members of parliament and called on them to “have a sense of responsibility to their people and country”.