Complex ideas like proportional representation and electoral reform, despite being so important, are difficult to explain to the general public. I’ve tried once with a pizza and sushi metaphor, but even that was confusing to many.
To the rescue comes the Lebanese Civil Campaign for Electoral Reform (CCER). They have just put together a video that is both useful and fun, which explains how to make Lebanese elections more fair and representative. I highly suggest that you check it out and spread the word about it.
Hello, my name is Mustapha and I've been blogging about Lebanese society, business and politics since February 2005.
nice. it’s not that it’s confusing, it’s that it will never happen. you are basically asking some politicians to willingly retire from public life, if they do anything of the sort…
Mustapha I just payed 12k at the customs for a car that’s not worth 25k, and that’s just to service the Lebanese national debt NOT to pay it!! Because we’ll never ever do so!! If every Lebanese has to pay such a crazy price for every necessity, then no wonder we have tons of problems in our country. IMHO the problem isn’t sectarianism, archaic laws or bad representation, it’s the debt we’re in that makes it impossible to do anything other than servicing it with all we got
Hmm.. I can hope that happens one day. If we can live with some level of civility with religion still being the point of division- it’d be better than what we have now. It’s just too bad religion is ALWAYS in the picture.