LEBANON’S Communists warned today that a technocratic stitch-up was no solution to the country’s deepening political crisis.

On February 11, Tuesday, hundreds of protesters attempted to march towards the Lebanese parliament, as prime minister Hassan Diab was securing the approval for his new cabinet and economic plan. The 120-member parliament approved Diab’s proposal in a vote of confidence, with his government securing 63 votes in its favor and 20 MPs voting against. There was one abstention.

LEBANESE protesters insisted at the weekend that working people should not be made to pay for the country’s inability to service its debts.