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So, after the big bang, some Lebanese people placed their hopes of life-saving straw on France, which was once a protectorate, and it was normal. When Macron was escorted by the Lebanese President to inspect the bombed blocks, a large number of people cheered the Lebanese President and asked Macron to help them overthrow the regime.
The demonstrators shouted: “Help us! Revolution!” “The people want this regime to fall!”.
3. Macron can’t help Lebanon
In Lebanon, people speak three languages: Arabic, French, and English. According to the National Convention signed in 1943, the president of Lebanon must always be a Maronite Christian, the speaker of the parliament must be a Shiite Muslim, and the prime minister must be a Sunni Muslim. There are 18 religious sects officially recognized in Lebanon. Everyone wants to protect the interests of the group they belong to. As a result, the country has been stuck in serious corruption.
After the explosion, the Lebanese government quickly resigned. Does resignation work? Last year in October, Lebanon had already reorganized the government for WhatsApp tax. If resignation is useful, the economic crisis will not get worse.
Under the long-term political corruption, the resignation of the current government is just another symbolic and meaningless act. In the past six years, Lebanese government departments have not taken any measures when they knew of the presence of hazardous chemicals in the port. When Lebanon’s economy collapsed in 2019 and the people were struggling to survive, the elites were trying to transfer money to overseas accounts.
Lebanon’s central bank is facing serious corruption charges. There are rumors circulating about the President Riad Salame, saying that while encouraging overseas countries to invest in Lebanon, he quietly invested nearly US$100 million in assets overseas. The president was once regarded as a financial genius or even a presidential candidate, but today, street graffiti denounces him as a thief, and people even suspect that Lebanon’s heavy foreign debts, he is also responsible.