Lebanon: after the tragedy, corruption and impunity of the political class in charge

At one of Beirut's crossroads, police stop traffic to let an official convoy pass. A van forces the roadblock. The furious drivers shout insults against a political class whose criminal irresponsibility seems limitless. Under high protection, behind tinted windows, vehicles rush through.

The gap has never been greater between the political and financial oligarchy that has ruled the country for three decades and the Lebanese barely able to understand the shock they have just suffered. The devastation of the capital and its port lung is indescribable.

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The promise of the Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, to "punish those responsible" rings totally empty in a system where impunity has been established in full view and with the knowledge of all. With an immutable modus operandi: the dilution of institutional and administrative powers so that no real authority can be held responsible. As well as

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