Does Lebanon need an amnesty law (now)?

At a time when Lebanon is weighed down by war, a suffocating economic crisis, and mounting security concerns, the debate over general amnesty has forcefully resurfaced.Yet it remains a deeply divisive and sensitive issue that successive governments have failed to resolve for years. Does Lebanon really need a general amnesty? The question is all the more pressing in a context marked by growing polarization.Such measures are typically introduced during major political transitions. This was the case with the general amnesty law issued under President Elias Hrawi on Aug. 26, 1991, which pardoned most crimes committed during the 1975–1990 civil war, with the aim of restoring civil peace. More about general amnesty 1991 General Amnesty: How Lebanon condemned itself to hypermnesia Another example came in 2005, when Samir Geagea was granted...