Traditional Lebanese political parties are expected to win the majority of the seats in Sunday’s elections. The result should not come as a surprise when these established parties are the ones who created, modified and approved the current electoral law that serves their own best interests.
The “blank vote” which used to be a sign of protest against the political class in elections when this law didn’t apply (pre-2008), is now a tool for the political class to hedge disaffection with their inability to govern for anyone other than themselves.
