Head of the Democratic Gathering, MP Taymour Jumblatt, called on Saturday for “exceptional measures for social protection, including the ration card, since lifting subsidies without any corresponding steps to mitigate the impact of crises, and failing to secure the required services and curbing the collapse of the national currency, will all result in devastating repercussions on the livelihood of citizens and stand as a crime against the homeland, the people and the state."

He added that "the absence of a real political will for a solution, and the government's failure to convene to activate its decisions and provide an integrated policy to confront the painful reality, in light of the blocked political horizon and the deterioration that multiplies the economic, social, health and daily living pressures, plunges the country into further crises."

Jumblatt's words came during his meeting with popular delegations who visited him at Al-Moukhtara Palace today, raising their concerns and daily living demands.