A voter casts her vote during the 2022 legislative elections. (Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP)
The culture of illegality that has plagued Lebanon for decades shows no signs of abating — even at the highest levels of government. The recent legal quagmire over the expatriates voting mechanism is a striking example, exposing the bluntness of political practices that have, over time, reduced the country to a failed state.In recent days, several commentators have attempted to make sense of this mess in the press for the public. Their efforts, however, were largely futile, as the proposed solutions aim only to solve the legal puzzle itself, as if the issue is merely technical, ignoring the deeper political roots of the crisis. Read more Beirut reports 'positive pace' and 'significant progress' in IMF talks In short, the situation is as follows: the Interior Ministry scheduled the expatriate voting for Sunday, May 3, in countries...
The culture of illegality that has plagued Lebanon for decades shows no signs of abating — even at the highest levels of government. The recent legal quagmire over the expatriates voting mechanism is a striking example, exposing the bluntness of political practices that have, over time, reduced the country to a failed state.In recent days, several commentators have attempted to make sense of this mess in the press for the public. Their efforts, however, were largely futile, as the proposed solutions aim only to solve the legal puzzle itself, as if the issue is merely technical, ignoring the deeper political roots of the crisis. Read more Beirut reports 'positive pace' and 'significant progress' in IMF talks In short, the situation is as follows: the Interior Ministry scheduled the expatriate voting for Sunday, May 3, in...
