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ah. is an election the uncertain lebrands many challenges voters are electing in your parliament in the middle of a devastating economic crisis, but from its management to corruption, to outside interference with this vote make any difference. this is inside story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm hash am abala, lebanon is a country in crisis. it suffered and economic mel down in 2019,

and was hit again during the pandemic in 2020. that same year i'll graphic exposure and one of the largest in human history killed more than $200.00 people and destroyed much of the capital beirut. unable to find accountability for the explosion, the entire government resigned. lebanon's current political system dates back to the end of its civil war in 1990 put into place to bring stability after years of fighting. but now that same system designed to protect if fragile peace is seen by many as an obstacle to real change. we'll get to our guests in a moment. first, this report from a so says there in beirut, as the political instability and the economy crisis continue in lebanon. these elections are being seen by many as a task board, real change in the country. a total of $718.00 candidates are running for

$128.00 seats in the parliament, which is equally divided between muslims and christians. however, the neither the christians nor the muslims are united in lebanon, traditionally to compete in camps been dominates him politics for nearly 2 decades . the march 8th coalition at which includes the pro iranian and pro syrian parties such as the christian free pat you're to moment and the sheer muslim his will, law and amendments on the other side has been much 14 coalition, which consists of the anti iranian anti cillian. parties such as the christian, lebanese are forces and destiny. was them a future movement? and doris bruce, muslim, a progressive socialist party, but things how changed now? so did the leader of the future moment with the thought, how did he,

who was also the former prime minister and once was holding the largest sunni, a block in the parliament said that his party will not run up for the election and is going to boil court the election which this is a decision that effectively put an end to march or court must what think while ition and also left the sudanese in the county without a leader. while this young muslim parties are trying hard to gain, gained the majority in the parliament once again. so in lebanon, there will be a presidential elections in, in, in october. and so the election that the outcome of this elections are not going to only determine who will have the majority in the parliament, but also it will have a remarkable impact on, on who will be the next president and the prime minister of the country. so sad of

that for an inside story, lebanon's economic situation is dire. the united nation says nearly 80 percent of its people live in poverty. and more than 300000 lost their homes in the 20s went to port explosion. medical stuff buys are running low and some hospitals are in ruins, and those that are functioning are usually overwhelmed. the lebanese currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value, devastating for a nation that enforce most of its goods. the world food program says nearly half of lebanon's population is struggling to find food. and banks have been blocking people from accessing their money. ah, let's bring in our gas the or joining us from beirut. ali abraham is a co founder and ceo of the large dot com and independent digital media platform.

hike of women is a project director for iraq, syria, lebanon, or the international crisis group. and jamal lawson is political commentator and former editor of bottom bar english newspaper. welcome to the program. earlier, is this election going to do liver, the change that many lebanese had been hoping for? well, we shouldn't expect any americans to happen. that is alice of miss elections aren't a large extent. a pre determined by one was a 100 at a 128 seats. and that's because of the law that has been adopted by the political in this, by the differences this by dick and the contradictions they have put together. not that guarantees, but he generation of the same for the class that is not to undermine the importance of even as little as the number of seats that could be gained by new faces and should not be undermine. we have to look to be act turnout,

which until this hour continues to be very low. or we have to see what is what kind of margins and loss between or between the representatives or the candidates. if is anything new opposition groups versus the then the political any. if we're looking at thousands of votes, that's equity. that was it from the winners. then. then we can easily say that, that this is, this is a big win for the connecticut additional if the loss isn't right in, in a few 100 boards, it's another landscape. but to say that the full, full for the last we have seen how did the political establishment, the whole spectrum has been acting the last few weeks. they have used everything to intimidate, do you motivate a voters from, from having to be to the working force? and again, magic is not gonna happen today. we're not going to see it was natalie, impossible to see enslaving victory for the opposition. but we have to look at

indicators because this is what's going really to earth kind of dictate how change would be, are happening in leonard on we're in the future. i co, earth, the voter turnout is going to be low. who's going to benefit from that? are in so typically or not, in an environment, a low voter turnout, benefits parties, efficient organisation efficient, efficient an actual machine. and who can or have also committed voters, ideologically, politically committed voters and will always get their turn off and it's less. so that's good for parties that i've done that these means. so right now, i mean, unless i have my home geology, go to walk around and look at the folding stations and them. i mean, i've seen in some areas quite a lot of people coming to go to now they are yes. miss the at $121.00. in some

areas you have already the above 20 percent. quite good. so 50 percent, if you get to 50 percent, others a good turn out. we have 25 percent already at noon either one in some places. maybe it's not going to be about jermel. this election comes against the backdrop of growing and t stablish meant sentiment across lebanon. could it be an indication that the traditional political parties with software set back to in this election? i think there's a false dichotomy that says being promoted specially in lester and media. that there is, you know, the anti establishment opposition and an establishment that united this is completely inaccurate and does not reflect the reality on the ground level. and there are political parties that i mean i being grouped together that in

no way see i to i on many critical issues and vital issues in the country and the same with the opposition groups. so this is not really a fight against stablish ment or i growing resentment of the united establishment that we're not talking about the one party system like we have in other countries or area have talk chrissy is that been in many countries around the region? so now we have, actually, it's a very diverse country with a lot of different political groups, and we have alliances have shifted and change with time. sometimes they form national unity government. sometimes they don't, that the idea is that there is one establishment that is in cahoots against any new opposition. that's a little bit absurd and it's reductive and is really far from true

aaliyah or you of the same view. let me go ahead. i actually, i think i would, i would very much disagree with their shamile to very quick. for example, we have this effective movement and the amendment to traditionally so out, toward years at, at each other's neck as the enemies that cannot support each other. we see them today and i from directions. we have seen many members of, or bankers for example, like in my 115 at enning on the election on the on biggest of a has more law and the, and the, and, and to shide the opening. and that's basically because they aren't coming interest to the political you now and never know it has been challenged in the streets for doing longer than his stations in 20 to a 2019. i agree, it may be that it was it's, it's impossible to think that or without the framework of political parties that

could generate new political parties. it's impossible to stand against that. but if you can establishment that has been there for 30 years, it would thing itself so strongly. but to say that this stadium that is in lebanon is representative of been at the nice people that actually, that students are talking about, that population that has been, it of it's money a, basically, it's kept it that completely destroyed. been now 2 people who are actually accused of being in void or not, at least in a position of, of, of, of the responsibilities of this, this, the debate with exclusion. i running a and i today on the, on the exit in this off of this political establishment names that alice and finance. and i decided to say that this is the present of the population. bethany's population is that it is not at all a description of what's happening in netherland right now. hi coat. traditionally, the future movement led by saddle. how did he used to control somehow 2 thirds of

the sydney seats in the parliament? now he's not participating in the election. he's asking his own people to boycott the elections. the question is, who do you think is going to inherit the legacy of the future movement? who's going to take advantage of that absence? oh, that's one of the 1000000 dollar questions. so as you said, you were right. he said more or less called on the support, those 2 boys approach the post. now, not all people in that camera or that used to be people, are he being dot com right? right, the blame i lucian, typically running and used to be higher, right? sure. and the most part in the future movement is very popular. you have watson, you are on the used to be tenants, maybe a and was wanting. and so,

but i think we can expect is surely that we are still new votes. if you want to describe it out way is going to be fact that we will have in your parliament the $2728.00 seats that are reserved for so nice will be will be held by several small groups and there. and there will be a part of that of those sees of these 2028 seats that are held by employees who are sympathetic for sure as well, la model and, and, and the block of as well. not more than the m. m, and may actually help this block to maintain its majority, which may otherwise lose her. some of the alliance between his valor and the free patriotic movement has been quite instrumental in the sense that it has been widely seen as a,

a platform that paved the way for his bella to consider date. it's political clout 11. and do you see that alliance holding in the near future with all those reports about signs of disintegration within the free press movement? i think those are also grossly exaggerated. the patriotic movement will see the results today, but it's not. i mean, it's demise. the cold for it's of its demise is a bit premature. i think we've got to go, but there's still one of the biggest parties in lebanon. they will have definitely have one of the top 3 parliamentary blocks after today's election. and that's not a disintegration by any means. and this is the we have to keep in mind that this comes after an all out attack by major power against pressuring the free movement and in order to break their lives. and has bala, we've been sanctioned by the us against the leader of the people throughout the

vent. bromberg, we've seen a lot of foreign forces, invest a lot in the opposition and forces that are opposed to the m. and yet, despite all of that, it has held together and it will have a strong showing. and i think the idea was that they wanted to de, listed the legitimize bromberg, feels bid to become a serious candidate for president of lebanon as the representative or leader of the strongest christian party in lebanon. and despite all these efforts, i think he still has a legitimate case to be that despite the media conglomerate in lebanon. busy all trying to at it was an all out attack basically in the last 2 years, i guess the f, b, m and they still have no, we'll see how far they've lost. and this is what's gonna dictate whether you're

brown but see if can be considered as the president of the presidential candidate or not idea. do you agree with those who say that the liberties forces lead by a semi his judge are likely to continue to bite into the power base of the 3 pancreatic movement and established them so well, what i think even funded in and from the statistics that we have we see now? are the biggest question, mike, is going to be a christian for today because even at this hour, at the stand the hour, the dates are very high in the kitchen area or whether or not we know super well that night. nouns to be seen is being supported by a, by his law, and it's and eyes and are always the even order to city, in essence, inland or not. whether or not how much will stay a big lot they will be able to,

to the pain. this is what you would see in the coming hours that has been a lot said over the last few months about who possibly could become president in the coming future. this will be deflected, are probably in the selections, but again, i was this afternoon and this is the point that needs to be that, that need to be made because it's about the village, the migration of, of this political establishment. i went to chickadee today in north lebanon to go to my cell. and on the way i stopped in different areas to see what was what, what is happening. and you could easily see with the naked eye that it appears impatient on the gown with, with the representatives with delegates, et cetera. is it easy for the political parties that had the means? it's for the people and it's not true that the media that have been used, mainstream media has supported the opposition that had been used mainstream media support and those will have the financial means to appear on tv because it was or date and it was, it was undertaken it was, it was no one that candidates who has the means could make it on t,

v for the longest and the prime and a foot plan time slots. this means that this is not to say that this is not good. hey, good elections that, that, that we need to keep an eye on. okay. this is to say that we have to dvd that and then it, when we look at these, that's becoming fuel our dish to say, but ok. i co when you have in 2018 the into better independence saying that they would, they're going to vi for a bigger say that didn't happen to day. do you think that the anti establishment candidates or the pros, october 17 candidates will make somehow a difference in the selection? i mean it's, it's hard call, but i think it's, it's pretty clear that the competition that you're seeing now in several districts between different lists that all claim the man, so of october 19 movement,

the protest movement doesn't help. right? i mean, if you have an electron a threshold of, let's say, 8000 votes and then you have 4 or 5 lists competing for the same constituency, for the same number of people who will do one chain. it may give them one seat or even 2, depending on how it goes into counting. and it's that they get nothing because all 4 are big, all the threshold that could very well be. and now there are many reasons why they were unable to wear on these unified lists or at least tactical alliances. but i'm in that is really, really a failure. i would say it is a failure of these groups. and there are many reasons why and some reasons make sense, but if today we're not getting getting the results that we're offering for that. most people weren't support this movement all to for some of the, the reason is also with them as jamel. if the results just consolidate the fears of

the people which has been in about the same oligarchs party leaders traditional in leave, there has been the man, ting, sectarian issues in the country. the international community might take a back stage when it comes to delivering the urgent economic rescue package that live in and needs to be able to move forward. there you just touched on it it's. it's not an establishment and stab listening division. it's a pro neo colonial power, western elite or pro western elite. and there are popular forces that have maintained a presentation and the vision and their strength despite and all out the back on them. and the results that they were reflect that you're going to see in the numbers that the pro sovereignty forces led by the resistance movement.

hezbollah and its allies are gun. if you look at the popular voice, because you keep talking about the people, the people, the people just count the votes and see the popular vote that's going to be you're going to see that they're going to be under represented despite winning, they're going to win the majority in parliament, and yet they're going to be under represented because a lot of the people are get more generalized in the lebanese electoral system in favor of the center b ruth elite and the rich neighborhoods in the get a more favourable count in the elections and that's why you're going to see some people are going to get reach and then the 3rd approach, social around 6000 and get to parliament while others will reach 20000 in areas outside the root and not qualify. because this, the system is biased, the words the old elite and we're talking here about the bankers who brought the

labs and bankruptcy. that level is going to clone it. and now we're not talking about that. we're talking about an imaginary establishment that doesn't exist. why do you know people happy? think those are things and there are different characterizations as well as the political and scape eliminated concerned aaliyah let yes because i did. you have to go ahead and read it if you don't mind very briefly. yes, but the thank you, mentioning i'm going to mention is still, you know, the published just 2 days ago that one is the owner of a mo, added back. he was denied that transfer the money of the son of nearby who is the center bank of america. on october after october 19th, when the deposits of the new stupid were stuck in the back. this is mr. my one hated unit running on the list of has butler and maybe not. this is not, it is running on the list of the political establishment, but we like it done and it is the generated on those list. this is a, this is

a pretty big, he is doing everything to protect it doesn't, and it's, and it's, and to stay in power and to block it all and to use those logan and say, but besides, if you didn't even have the unbiased thing, they want a know that that takes its decisions inside. it does not until it does what i wish we had time to continue talking about the elections, of the aftermath of whatever might might happen for the future for lebanon. but in the meantime, i level i have high call them and jim ellison, thank you for insight and looking forward to talking to you in the future. and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website at lazoodo dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha insights for you can also join the conversation to what our 100 is at a j inside sort of for me, how sholandra and the entire team here in the uh huh. bye for now.

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