Long road to fight corruption in Lebanon

To resolve the heated political and economic crisis in Lebanon, will require collective action, the mobilization of civil society, and the formation of coalitions. In 1990, when the civil war ended, it gave birth to several corrupt politicians, who undermined Lebanon’s recovery and development.

Karim Merhej, who is a researcher and data analyst at The Public Source, points out now Lebanon is in a transitional period in which the foundations of the post-civil war political and economic systems are built on the exploitation of resources that should be benefiting the people of the country.

He talks about breaking the curse of corruption which was hosted by a think tank of London, Chatham House, He continues to say that build on corruption and non-accountability, the state has rotten and no longer maintains transparent affairs. The situation is way too bad since the political class in Lebanon does not know what is happening and everyone has gone through 10 months without the government.

Earlier this week, Najib Mikati was chosen to be Lebanon’s new Prime Minister. He is a billionaire businessman and now he is made responsible for forming a government. Being elected third time for this role, he immediately replaced Saad Hariri, who resigned in July after nine months of negotiations with President Michel Aoun about the composition of the new government ending in failure.

This move has adversely impacted the country. The currency has After his resignation, the Lebanese currency, lost its value and hit record lows. RBI also said in their statement that more than half the population is believed to be below the national poverty line and children. Thousands of people have gone to bed hungry and skipped meals in absence of adequate resources.