Lebanon's Parliament has backed a new cabinet and the government's financial rescue plan in a vote of confidence held despite attempts by protesters to block it. Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri congratulated the legislators who sat through a nine-hour session on Tuesday Feb 11,2020 before holding a vote that saw 63 of 84 MPs present give their confidence to the new government formed last month.
Twenty MPs voted against the government and one abstained
For months, thousands of Lebanese had been protesting against the proposed cabinet, saying it would not be able to rescue the country's ailing economy.
On Tuesday Feb 11,2020, more than 350 people were injured in clashes around the Lebanese Parliament building in the capital as protesters attempted to prevent the MPs from participating in the confidence vote
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