Lebanon passes budget critics call ‘useless piece of paper’
Lebanon's parliament on Monday endorsed a 2020 budget that analysts say does little to address the country's economic and financial crisis, during a controversial session that protesters had attempted to prevent from taking place. Some opponents deemed the budget unconstitutional because it was referred to parliament by the cabinet of former prime minister Saad Hariri shortly before it was brought down by massive protests that first swept the nation on […]
