Rita, like so many other Lebanese, left Lebanon to settle in Athens a little less than a year ago, due to the crisis ravaging her home country. Although she did not truly want to leave, she considered doing so necessary for the future of her children, who were still in school. It was in the Greek capital that she voted this Sunday morning, shortly before 9 a.m.
“There weren't many people, about 10 people in front of me. But the vote was pretty well organized,” she told L'Orient-Le Jour.
Rita, in her 40s, voted because, she said, she hopes her "vote will bring the change needed for Lebanon." But, she added quickly: "I don't really believe in it." She does not really believe in it because of the “lack of unity within the new 'heads,'” which makes it difficult to understand the opposition to the traditional parties. "And many people I know will vote so-called useful, that is to say for the Lebanese Forces in order to counter the FPM of Gebran Bassil or Hezbollah," she added.
This article was originally published in French in L'Orient-Le Jour.
