Comments on a year after protests in Lebanon in Reuters, 16 Oct 2020

Dr. Nasser Saidi’s comments appeared in the Reuters article titled “A year on, Lebanon’s protests have faded and life has got worse“, published 16th October 2020.

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“I think young people are trying to survive, that’s why they’re not going to the streets. I think they’ve been frightened because they’ve been threatened,” said Nasser Saidi, a leading economist and former minister.

“We’ve never had anything this bad.”