Protest of a policy/ governmental measure/ etc.

Retired public school teachers held a protest Monday in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square, demanding that the government not reduce their retirement salaries as part of its expected austerity measures aimed at slashing the budget deficit.

People with special needs whose rehabilitation center closed because the government failed to pay it staged a protest alongside their families in Downtown Beirut Wednesday morning, demanding that Cabinet back-pay the funds the state owes so the center can reopen.

Residents of Aley’s Ain Dara Municipality gathered outside the Industry Ministry demanding it revoke the license of a controversial planned cement factory Thursday.

Owners of small trucks staged a demonstration in Zahle Saturday to protest what they called increased competition from Syrian workers in the transport sector, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The drivers protested at Qubb Elias’ vegetable market, saying that Syrian truck drivers “threatened their livelihoods” and calling on Interior Minister Raya El Hassan to find a solution to the problem.