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Protesters call solid waste management law 'catastrophic'
Date of incident:
September 24, 2018
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
As lawmakers met to discuss and ultimately passed a controversial waste management law Monday, opponents staged a protest outside Parliament in Nijmeh Square, calling the legislation "catastrophic."
Discussions of the law were part of an agenda of 29 draft laws and proposals Parliament is tackling during its first legislative session since the May elections.
The Waste Management Coalition, which gathers civil society and environmental groups, had called on people to join the sit-in and demanded that MPs return the legislation to parliamentary committees for further study, the state-run National News Agency reported Sunday.
Primary category:
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary):
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
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