On the 101st day, Lebanon remains without a president. This disaster is not all that is wrong with the country, as Lebanese Army soldiers and ISF officers remain detained by foreign militants that demand the release of wanted felons in exchange for the kidnapped security personnel.
This too is a disaster.
Despite the Lebanese spending over $4 billion per year, including $2 billion in Beirut alone, on generators in addition to over $2 billion $100 million spent on the deficiency in the electricity sector, rationing has reached an unprecedented amount of hours.
This here is another disaster.
It rained for hours on Monday and people were trapped on the road for hours due to puddles of water resulting from neglect and dirty, clogged canals resembling some of the country’s politicians who use up public funds and turn state institutions into greed holes.
This is a third disaster.
Today, the Parliament opens its doors for an 11th presidential vote session knowing that a president will not be elected, not today, not even soon.
At a time where most don’t seem in a hurry to elect a new head of state, different from those vacant from any conscience already controlling our lives. This here is a terrible disaster.
As for the Roumieh prison, where inmates force their own rules which allow them the use of cell phones, internet and even drugs, a new disaster presents itself in this rotten country where some seek to redeem themselves for not giving detainees proper trials by releasing them without one.
This here is the mother of all disasters plaguing the country.
Should we wait for a president to be elected, the return of the kidnapped soldiers, bidding rationing farewell, cleaning the streets and resolving the issues plaguing prisons in the near future?
Ask Hanna Gharib, the UCC head, who’s been waiting for years for a salary scale that never came.
Article Originally Written in Arabic by Dany Haddad
