Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Sunday said protesters' ambitions exceed the reforms proposed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri and called for "a new political life" and a "neutral technocrat cabinet."

“For the past three years, we have done everything and they were accusing us of obstructing their work. We want the incumbent presidential tenure to be the best presidential tenure in Lebanon and we wanted Hariri’s government to make achievements,” Geagea said in an interview with al-Jadeed television, hours after he announced the resignation of the LF’s four ministers.

The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that banks will remain closed on Monday, October 21, due to the massive protests that are engulfing the country.

In a statement, the association hoped the general situations will “stabilize quickly in light of the benignant and strenuous efforts that the various authorities are exerting to spread serenity and stability and to restore normalcy in the country.”

The Lebanese Forces’ resignation from Saad Hariri’s government is “final” and “not a maneuver,” resigned Deputy Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani said on Sunday.

“Our resignation as an LF party is final and it is not a maneuver,” Hasbani said in a radio interview.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets for a fourth day Sunday across Lebanon despite rain in some regions, as key roads around the country remained blocked, in what has become Lebanon's biggest cross-confessional protest movement in modern history.

The capital Beirut, second city Tripoli in the north and the southern port of Tyre came to a standstill, with streets filled with protesters waving the national flag, chanting "revolution" or "the people demand the fall of the regime" -- a common refrain of demonstrations in other parts of the Arab world.

Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel has announced that he is “proud to be Lebanese,” amid the unprecedented protests that are engulfing Lebanon.

“Ever since I started my struggle, I have been told that I should not bet on the people and that I should join the game,” Gemayel tweeted.

Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat has announced that his party will decide its next step on its own, after Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea declared the resignation of the LF’s four ministers from Saad Hariri’s government.

“I have not asked the party’s ministers to step down and we are the ones who decide,” Jumblat tweeted.

The Lebanese Forces quit Lebanon's coalition government Saturday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets for a third day of protests against tax increases and official corruption.

After protesters marched in Beirut, Tripoli and other cities across Lebanon, LF leader Samir Geagea said his party's four ministers were resigning from the government.

Arab Gulf nations are encouraging their citizens to leave Lebanon amid violent nationwide protests over the country's worsening economic crisis.

The state-run Saudi Press Agency says Saudi Arabian nationals have been warned against travelling to Lebanon and those already there are being asked to take utmost caution. The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain went a step further, calling on their citizens to leave amid the unrest.

As hundreds of Lebanese gather for fresh protests on Saturday, armed clashes were reported in the southern city of Tyre when protesters chanted slogans opposed to AMAL Movement leader and Speaker Nabih Berri.

Videos circulating on social media showed pro-AMAL gunmen suppressing the campaigners by force in Tyre.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri reportedly received tens of phone calls discouraging him from resigning, including from a “personal Hizbullah envoy”, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper said on Saturday.