A traffic jam in Beirut is being taken seriously!

The minister of interior has announced that he wants all road works to be halted until after the elections after an unbearable jam this morning. He even called on people affected by the disruption to file a formal complaint with the authorities. Of course, as anyone in Beirut knows, road works have accelerated in the last month, a traditional way for the political class to “bribe” supporters to get out to vote. A number of main roads have recently been prepared for a new surface just as the Lebanese are getting ready to go to the polls.