It’s always fun to hear our beloved patriarch speak on political issues. Now, he’s advocating a democratic system of government where majority rules and minority opposes (as opposed to the one we’re currently constructing where both majority and opposition share power in the government). Sure, this sounds like a reasonable suggestion, but the arguments he gives to support it are just ridiculous:- In 1993, he went to Australia and he saw that the majority rules and opposition sits and parliament and just discusses things. Ergo Lebanon must be that way.
- Lebanon HAS been ruled that way since 1920 up until 2 years ago. So why change now?
- The government is becoming like a "carriage with two horses pulling it from the front and two horses pulling it from the rear. How can it move?”
Source: Naharnet
Are you convinced? I sure am not. And here’s why:
- In 2005, I went to Switzerland (and I’m still there) and I saw that after every parliamentary elections, the MPs meet and elect a cabinet that represents the political parties in the same proportions with which they are represented in parliament. Reminds you of something? I’m not saying we should be like Switzerland, but why the hell should we be like Australia?
Also, when you went to Australia, did you see a priest telling the politicians how to run the country every Sunday? - Right. Things were going JUST fine… Except for the 16 year civil war that destroyed our country, followed by another 16 years of being run by the government of another country (which as far as we know, doesn’t even represent the majority there let alone here).
- Yeah metaphors are nice. Here’s another one (from Pat Paulsen): A country is like an airplane, if either the left-wing or the right-wing takes control, it will end up flying around in circles.
I have to admit though, this post is entirely useless and should be replaced by one sentence:
Mr. Sfeir, please stay out of politics!
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