Karim Émile Bitar is an associate researcher at IRIS, specialist in the Middle East and associate professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Saint-Joseph University in Beirut.
LE FIGARO. - March 1 marks the four-month holiday of the Lebanese presidency. Is there a candidate today who can achieve consensus?
Karim Emile BITAR
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- Not really.
The country remains very polarized.
The history of Lebanon shows that this type of crisis is only unblocked when there is a modus vivendi between regional and international powers, around a figure that can be accepted by most regional and local actors.
There is, however, a sense of urgency among the Lebanese population that many MPs have not taken into account, with the exception of the two MPs who have decided to hold a permanent sit-in in Parliament.
They are there day and night, sleeping in the cold and without electricity.
This symbolic measure aims to encourage deputies to finally apply…
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