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Lebanon’s Failure to Disaasociate

Nicolas Garon

8d ago

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Radio FreeLebanon’s Failure to Disaasociateradiofree.org

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Few political systems are as intricately engineered as Lebanon’s. Power is constitutionally divided among a Maronite Christian president, a Sunni prime minister, and a Shia speaker of parliament, an arrangement known as the “three presidencies.” Parliamentary seats, meanwhile, are split evenly between Christians and Muslims, and cabinet posts are parceled out by sect. This design More The post Lebanon’s Failure to Disaasociate appeared first on CounterPunch.org .

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