Collective Action

Protesters stage a sit-in outside Tripoli's Serail to demand a reduction in food prices and the enforcement of laws requiring private generator owners to install meters

وطنية - طرابلس - نفذ محتجون اعتصاما أمام مدخل سرايا طرابلس، طالبوا فيه وزير الاقتصاد ب"تفعيل الرقابة على محلات بيع المواد الغذائية لأنها لم تخفض اسعار السلع تزامنا مع انخفاض سعر صرف الدولار واصبحت تحقق ارباحا طائلة غير مشروعة على حساب المواطنين"، كما طالبوه ب"الزام اصحاب المولدات الخاصة بتركيب عدادات للمشتركين والتزام التسعيرة الرسمية".

Protesters staged a sit-in in front of Tripoli’s Serail, demanding a reduction in food prices after the lira’s gains against the US dollar. The protesters accused store owners of “making huge illegal profits at the expense of citizens,” according to the state-run National News Agency. They also called on authorities to enforce laws requiring private generator owners to install meters and adhere to the government’s price schedule, both of which are widely flouted by generator owners.

 

Date: 
January 18, 2022
Actors/ Mobilising structures: 
Collective / informal group
Multi-organisational field (collaboration, allies) : 
N/A
Mode of Action: 
Sit-in
Objective: 
Reform (advocating for limited change in political, socio-economic etc.)
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights
Corporate grievances
Policy Grievances
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on the Lebanese territory
Frequency: 
One off
State response: 
N/A

LBN56016

Village Name: 
Tripoli
Local Name: 
Tripoli Zeitoun
Caza: 
Associated HRV: 
31164