How Lebanon’s political parties are using coronavirus to seize back control- Middle East Eye
Soon after the detection of the country’s first novel coronavirus case, Lebanon’s government took several measures in response: closing down schools and universities, shutting the airport, imposing a nationwide lockdown, and working with its meagre resources to bolster a flailing public health sector.
As with other crises in Lebanon, civil society, families, media and many other groups mobilised to join the efforts to mitigate the local impacts of the pandemic. Traditional political parties also stepped up to provide services for their constituencies.
While these efforts might be vital in the short term, they will ultimately have a negative effect on Lebanon - at least for those who worked to bring about real change in the country during the October Revolution
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