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June 16, 2005
'Lebanon's Political Formula Must Change'
"The good news is that Lebanon has partially recovered from the Syrian occupation and is on its way to establishing a democracy, albeit, a fragile one" contends Ghassan Rubeiz, a Washington, D.C.-based Lebanese-American social scientist, in a June 16, 2005 csmonitor.com commentary. "But if that democracy is to survive and grow, Lebanon will need to find a way to overcome a perversely complicated political framework, where specific Christian and Muslim communities share power of governance and representation."
"This strange formula of power sharing (half the parliamentary seats for Christians and half for Muslims) is not likely to work forever, given the country's changing population profiles," he added. "For instance, Muslims tend to have larger families, and Christians tend to emigrate during hard times. As a result, some Lebanese have grown up as Western-oriented citizens without authentic Arab roots; in contrast, some over-identify with fanatic Arab causes." See "Shaping Lebanon's future" for more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at June 16, 2005 06:10 AM
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