From left to right: Michel Sleiman, former president, PSP leader Walid Joumblatt, and Alice Shaptini, former Minister of the Displaced, during the reconciliation ceremony in Brih on May 17, 2014. (Credit: Marwan Assaf/L'Orient-Le Jour)
The same refrain repeats every time: it's time to abolish the Ministry of the Displaced. The current holder of this portfolio, Kamal Shehadeh, appointed by the Lebanese Forces, is no exception. He asked the LF MPs to prepare a proposal for a law in this direction. Will Samir Geagea's party succeed where others – including their biggest Christian adversary, the Free Patriotic Movement – have failed? In itself, the task is not difficult: the ministry has largely accomplished its mission more than three decades after the end of the civil war and is maintained for reasons mainly related to the politico-confessional sharing of the pie in Lebanese style.This move by Shehadeh denotes the will of the party of Samir Geagea — which has just returned to power — to fulfill its promises to modernize the state and trim the public sector under...
The same refrain repeats every time: it's time to abolish the Ministry of the Displaced. The current holder of this portfolio, Kamal Shehadeh, appointed by the Lebanese Forces, is no exception. He asked the LF MPs to prepare a proposal for a law in this direction. Will Samir Geagea's party succeed where others – including their biggest Christian adversary, the Free Patriotic Movement – have failed? In itself, the task is not difficult: the ministry has largely accomplished its mission more than three decades after the end of the civil war and is maintained for reasons mainly related to the politico-confessional sharing of the pie in Lebanese style.This move by Shehadeh denotes the will of the party of Samir Geagea — which has just returned to power — to fulfill its promises to modernize the state and trim the public...
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