Angry Lebanese vow not to let leaders off the hook – 'none of them this time'
almost 5 years in The guardian
As Emmanuel Macron promises aid will not go to corrupt hands, locals say ruling class’s credibility is finished
In the heart of a Beirut neighbourhood close to ground zero of Tuesday’s explosion, desperate survivors implored a president inspecting the site to help them save a crumbling country.
Nearly two days after the catastrophe, Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, was the first political leader to visit the scene. Neither the Lebanese head of state nor senior ministers had made the journey. Not that they would have been welcome on the seething streets of the Lebanese capital, where a ruling class that had already lost the faith of many is now considered more rancid than ever. Continue reading...
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