Today I read that a civil servant was mercilessly run down by a politician’s convoy while he was doing his job. The convoy did not even have the decency to stop and make sure everyone was safe. They just continued on their way in their black cars and even threatened to shoot a policeman who [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Government’
When will ordinary people be important?
Posted in Politics, tagged change, Government, Lebanon, Middle East, riot on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Aoun is Lebanon’s Hugo Chavez
Posted in Politics, tagged Aoun, Berri, Corruption, Government, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Middle East on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michel Aoun is to Lebanon what Hugo Chavez was to Venezuela before the latter became the president of that country. Aoun, like Chavez, has marketed himself as the only answer to a corrupt system of government. He is also a populist. His solutions to the corruption in Lebanon are sometimes childishly simple. If he ever [...]
A nation divided: building democracy in a multi-ethnic state
Posted in Politics, tagged Democracy, Elections, Electoral Law, Government, Lebanon, Middle East, Parliament, Voting on August 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For most people in Lebanon today electoral reform is seen as a top priority. That is why one of the first acts of the first anti-Syrian-led government was to establish a special commission to propose a new electoral law that would have broad national consensus. The 8th of August 2005, the day the commission was [...]
Government’s policy statement
Posted in Politics, tagged Government, Lebanon, Middle East on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t you just love it how the government is delayed for weeks on end because the various parties in the government are unable to agree on a policy statement which in the end never really gets implemented. So, what are they fighting over.
Who came up with this silly tradition? Someone said: “OK, as politicians are [...]
Time for new elections!
Posted in Politics, tagged Elections, Government, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe what we need now are new elections. After all, that was what the opposition was calling for over a year ago. Given the impasse we are in, maybe it is finally time to consider it seriously and this time we can use the electoral law proposed by the national committee last year. Then everyone [...]
Has March 14 Lost Its Way?
Posted in Politics, tagged Government, Lebanon, March 14, Middle East on February 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Before Hariri’s assassination, I believed in many parts of his political program to rebuild Lebanon as a proud and modern nation. I was not always in agreement with his role as Prime Minister. I felt that he often pandered to sectarian groups when he should have focused on achieving the dream that all proud Lebanese [...]
