Lebanon's elections on Sunday won't yield a seismic shift, say experts, despite widespread discontent with a corruption-tainted political class blamed for a painful economic crisis and a deadly disaster
Lebanon's elections Sunday won't yield a seismic shift despite widespread discontent with a graft-tainted political class blamed for a painful economic crisis and a deadly disaster, experts say.
Lebanon’s elections on Sunday are not expected to yield a seismic shift, despite widespread discontent with a graft-tainted political class blamed for a painful economic crisis and a deadly disaster, experts say.
Given Lebanon’s sectarian-based politics, it is likely to “reproduce the political class and give it internal and international legitimacy,” said Rima Majed of the American University of Beirut.
“Maybe candidates from the opposition will clinch some seats, but I don’t think that there will be a change in the political scene,” said Majed, an expert in sectarianism and social movements.
Beirut voter Issam Ayyad, 70, put it more simply: “We will
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