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Rally in Beirut against proposed capital control law

(26 Apr 2022) LEBANON PROTEST SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: LENGTH: 2:56 ASSOCIATED PRESS Beirut - 26 April 2022 1. Various of protesters gathering near parliament entrance 2. Sign reading (English): "Hands off our capital, you controlling freaks" 3. Soldiers standing by barbed wire 4. Sign reading (Arabic): "Confrontation until the right is claimed" 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Baha Harb, president of a union representing engineers and architects in Tripoli: "First, the responsibilities must be determined. The Central Bank, banks and the state are the ones responsible for the theft of the money and not the depositors. We will remain standing against this project (draft capital control law) until we get our money and our unions' money. The officials should be held accountable, they should go to prison, not steal 60 billion (dollars) in depositors' money then hide the theft and rip off the people. We are standing here today and every day, and we might call for a general strike if they go on with this project." 6. Tilt-down from mosque to soldiers standing   7. Protesters gathering outside parliament entrance 8. Sign reading (Arabic): "No to the rule of the banks, no to the rule of sectarian rulers, yes to building the country" 9. Soldiers standing behind barrier 10. Road in front of barrier with graffiti 11. Various of lawyers wearing gowns, standing in street 12. Security forces standing behind barriers and barbed wires 13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Melhem Khalaf, candidate for a seat in parliament in Beirut and former president of lawyers' union: "The authorities don't know how to look after their children and can't guard the ports where death boats (referring to boats carrying migrants) depart (into sea). The authorities are not even looking for the missing people (in a recent migrant boat sinking). We don't know, the disasters keep happening. And each time they act as if it is their first time dealing with a disaster. We have no disaster management body, no emergency committee to pay attention to these people. In the face of this carelessness and this disregard, what can we tell this government and state? We ask them to rest and go back home. Go back home and stop fooling people to make them think that they (officials) are responsible. They (officials) failed to carry out their responsibility in front of these people and their pain." 14. Various of security forces pushing protesters away 15. Lawyers posing for photo LEADIN: Several unions in Lebanon organized a protest in Beirut to block a parliamentary session that was supposed to discuss the draft law on capital controls, which would limit how much bank depositors can withdraw from their savings. STORYLINE: Members of different unions in Lebanon along with bank depositors protested once again in downtown Beirut on Tuesday to block the parliament from convening over the draft capital control law. The proposed law would limit how much bank depositors can withdraw from their savings. Lawyers, dentists, nurses and engineers took part in the protest, rallying in front of the parliament building in the Lebanese capital. Presidents of the unions opposed the proposed law and warned they would resort to strikes if it passes. Lebanon is in the grip of a severe economic crisis that was described by the World Bank as one of the worst the world has witnessed since the 1850s. Last month, the government approved a capital control law that was rejected in parliament. A new draft was supposed to be discussed by a parliamentary committee ahead of a vote. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...