After parliament granting the cabinet confidence by exactly 100 votes on Tuesday, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told reporters at the Grand Serail that he had been expecting an even higher margin.[NOW Lebanon]
After four days of debate, only five members of parliament voted against the government, with two MPs abstaining.
Not often did I see the Lebanese MPs being so eager to take the floor and make their views known to the world. The March 14 criticized Hizballah, while Hizballah tried to justify its resistance, arms and so on.It was rather hypocritical to have them talk about unity, when all, without exceptions use the affiliation to this or that sect, or to this or that group to climb up the ladder. In Lebanon what they lack is national affiliation. They should all have said that they are Lebanese period. It does not matter if they are Christians, Shiia, Sunnis, atheists or hindu. Until this mentality changes Lebanon is a country not only of minorities, but a federation of religious communities, where religion is of course being used as a cover.
However, at least they started to be active. Hopefully that will keep them going for a while. The country has many administrative issues that they have to worry about. The fact that legislative elections are around the corner makes them all interested to score points asap. If they manage to do things on the ground aside from pointing the finger at each other, no problem.
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