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Lebanese parties abate public anger with ration cards, resilience calls

BEIRUT: While the official ministerial committee in Lebanon continues to ponder the allocation of ration cards to 800,000 families before lifting subsidies on basic goods, parties have rushed to absorb their supporters’ resentment. Hezbollah has issued ration cards for its supporters and partisans. “Alsajjad cards” enable their holders to get more than 50 percent off on food items, consumables, cleaning materials, and other goods from certain stores. The cards were severely criticized on social media by the party’s opponents. Other parties have relied on wealthy supporters to secure financial aid for the needy through their private foundations. Other politicians have bought vaccines to inoculate their families and supporters.

With Lebanon in Freefall, What Comes Next?

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 05:45 A woman tries to cross a blocked road with burning tires during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships in Khaldeh, Lebanon March 8, 2021. Reuters Asharq Al-Awsat Lebanon s worst economic downturn in decades has pushed a battered population to the brink with no solution in sight as the country s barons wrangle over forming a new government. In the absence of a fully functioning executive that can spearhead reforms and provide the most basic of services, is a rescue on the horizon? - Why are protesters back? - Conditions in Lebanon have deteriorated since the protesters first took to the streets in 2019 demanding the removal of a political leadership deemed inept and corrupt.

With Lebanon in freefall, what comes next?

With Lebanon in freefall, what comes next?
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