The 13 deputies from the protest elected in May 2022. (Photo montage by Guilhem Dorandeu)
The tide has turned. Despite successes on the domestic front, the forces of renewal are running out of steam: Criticized, divided and discredited. A year before the legislative elections scheduled for May 2026, they now risk being reduced to their simplest expression within the next Parliament. "The promise of change is dead," believes a political analyst close to the protest, under the condition of anonymity. Is this the end of an era? "There is no more March 14, no more March 8, no more change. We need to reinvent a new political project," said Camille Mourani, head of political relations for the National Bloc, former candidate for the Maronite seat in Tripoli. Why, how did we get here, and what about the future?The verdict came from the ballot boxes. In the North, Mount Lebanon, Beirut and the Bekaa, this...
The tide has turned. Despite successes on the domestic front, the forces of renewal are running out of steam: Criticized, divided and discredited. A year before the legislative elections scheduled for May 2026, they now risk being reduced to their simplest expression within the next Parliament. "The promise of change is dead," believes a political analyst close to the protest, under the condition of anonymity. Is this the end of an era? "There is no more March 14, no more March 8, no more change. We need to reinvent a new political project," said Camille Mourani, head of political relations for the National Bloc, former candidate for the Maronite seat in Tripoli. Why, how did we get here, and what about the future?The verdict came from the ballot boxes. In the North, Mount Lebanon, Beirut and the Bekaa, this...