I've been follow this situation as it's been brewing for months, and the most striking thing to me is how little the protesters thought this through. If you listen to their protest chants they're not asking for specific reforms or policies. It basically boils down to "We're against bad things! We support good things!"
They don't actually have a position, like "X has caused our fuel shortage, so we need Y". It's all "once the scapegoat is driven from town it will take our fuel shortage with it".
The thought process here is underpantsgnomian.
Step 1) Oust leader.
Step 2) ???
Step 3) Crisis Ended