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٢٠٢٢The National Dialogue Party Foundation and Principles The National Dialogue Party was established in 2004 by Fouad Makhzoumi, who was and still is a strong believer in the importance of the Lebanese citizens’ participation in the political process in order to move the country towards progress and prosperity on every level. But the chain of events that followed plunged Lebanon and the Lebanese people into major turmoil and lead to a ruling mob that was determined to marginalize people and distract them with various fear-mongering tactics and with the most distasteful di- viding instincts, to dig up things from the despicable past and make empty promises about a fictional future in an attempt to neutralize and alienate citizens, paving the way to robbing them of their rights and their money, out of the deeply rooted greed in this mob’s hearts and its desire to dominate, arrogate and be corrupted without deterrence or fear of consequences. Therefore, calling all citizens to a national dialogue is a necessity in order to refuse falling into the de facto darkness and avoid the hardships that have proved to be lead- ing us towards the current catastrophe we are facing. Today, the party is mobilizing people and guiding them back towards the essence of political life so they can remove this corrupt ruling class and take the lead in deciding their present and building their future.
Therefore, the party is calling all forces that oppose the ruling mob for a unifying national dialogue in order to reach a stable and effective solidarity, based on the following principles: 1- Integrity There is no place among us for any party or personality that abused public money and lacked transparency in public administration, instigating the financial, social and humanitarian catastrophe we are facing today. The unaccountability of the corrupt ruling mob allowed it to keep indulging in its corruption and to commit the most heinous thefts, depriving the state of its resources, at the expense of both good governance and the people they have impoverished and put out of business, causing them to despair of any possible reform. 2- Responsibility There is no place for those who take their responsibilities lightly while dealing with citizens’ affairs, preventing people from pursuing and defending their rights, marginalizing citizens by either bribing or fear-mongering them or by using all means to destroy the rule of law concerning people’s interests and public welfare. 3- Sovereignty Lebanon must be committed to the sovereignty of its entire territory and institutions. This calls us to remove all foreign powers that try to intervene in our national decision making process and anyone who doesn’t put the country’s interest above all else. 4- Progressiveness The world moves at a continuous and accelerating pace; which is why, the country and its citizens can’t have a future if they don’t keep up with this pace while staying true to their Arab roots and putting every development in the service of our distinguished presence and our society’s perseverance and prosperity. Therefore, ignorance, obsolescence, and anything else that is falsely extracted from a past to which we don’t relate, should have no place among us, for we long to be pioneers, receptive to an era worthy of our Arab identity, faithful to the previous generations that gifted us with an Arab renaissance that we are diligent to preserve and watch shine and that we refuse to let collapse into a fabricated dark age. 5- Respecting Diversity We are endowed with an enrichingly diverse society, for this organic interaction between contrasting components gave rise to a distinguished country, dubbed The Jewel of the East. Lebanon will not be based on an oppression among its components, but rather on the deep and genuine solidarity and the mutual enrichment between each of the factions incorporating righteous values. In order to achieve this civilizational integration, it is essential to reject every effort that seeks to dominate, oppress, deny others of their rights and prevent every attempt to control the country that belongs to everyone without exception, so that no individual could ever possess sole authority allowing him to obstruct or take decisions that serve his personal goals and not that of a unifying country. 6- Believing in Equality There are two types of equality: The equality between citizens in general, belonging to any sect or orientation, in order to achieve their full and undiminished participation in public life, which would ward off the dangers of getting trapped in subdivided, conflicting groups and thus disrupting all that is required for working towards the common good. The equality of women with men, in rights, duties and opportunities, allowing everyone to participate in facing this era’s challenges and meeting its requirements, in addition to breaking the country away from the depression and collapse caused by the ruling mob. Women should no longer be regarded as a secondary element in this battle, for this equality would bring about the required vitality that would create motivation and help restore the homeland. Based on these principles, we invite anyone who wishes to shun away the dark ages brought upon Lebanon by the de facto power to a serious dialogue, aiming at actively bringing the citizens back to the political arena, in the hope of putting vital decisions in the hands of the people, rather than having them submit to decisions made on their behalf.
01 Preserving Lebanon’s Arab Identity & safeguarding its position among nations • Maintaining the best relations with Arab countries • Completing the demarcation of borders and establishing peer relationships based on mutual respect between Lebanon and Syria
On Lebanon’s Foreign Relations
The Challenges The Solutions
Lebanon is a founding member country of the
United Nations and respects all of its decisions,
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Ignoring and overriding international notably 425, 1559, 1595, 1701, 1757, which is
decisions why it is essential to work towards implementing
these decisions in order to preserve Lebanon’s
position within the international community
Lebanon is a founding member in the League
of Arab States, with its Arab identity deeply
enshrined in its constitution and the Lebanese
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The attempt to disregard Lebanon’s people have always contributed to the rise and
Arab identity development of Arab countries. Therefore, we
should draw attention to these facts whenever
any doubts arise and confront any attempt to
alter Lebanon’s Arab identity
- Achieving Lebanon’s neutrality, maintaining
a great relationship with Arab countries and
keeping the relationship between Lebanese
residents in those countries and their hosts
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Lebanon’s involvement in regional conflicts undisturbed
and dilemmas - Preventing Lebanon from becoming a hostile
platform against any friendly country and
forbidding any party to use Lebanon’s territory
to threaten these countries’ national, financial or
social security
It is unnatural for any historical crises to keep
dominating this relationship, which is currently at
a minimum. Therefore, addressing the following
issues should be given a high priority:
The absence of a healthy relationship with - Controlling the two countries’ legal borders and
Syria, which hinders finding fair solutions to eliminating all illegal passages.
many issues, such as: - A final demarcation of borders between the two
- The increased smuggling of goods at the countries, endorsed by the United Nations.
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countries’ common borders. - Reaching an agreement with Syria, under the
- Not completing the final demarcation of auspices of the United Nations, to guarantee
borders between the two countries. the security of Syrian refugees in Lebanon,
- The issue of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. in preparation for their gradual return within a
- Lebanese extremists joining ISIS through the specified timeline.
Syrian borders. - Implementing traffic control between Lebanon
and Syria in order to avert the smuggling of
potential terrorists through their territory.
Provided that the interaction between both
countries is based on the mutual respect of each
other’s sovereignty.02 Working on limiting the legitimate use of arms to state security institutions & achieving a full implementation of the Taif Agreement prior to its improvement • A dialogue between equal parties • Competent public servants
On Law and Order
The Challenges The Solutions
The Taif Agreement should be implemented
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The lack of -or the arbitrary implementation of- in full in order to detect any potential
the Taif Agreement loopholes and it needs to be improved without
compromising its fundamental values
Rectifying, through the upcoming
parliamentary elections, the lack of sense
of citizenship inherent among people which
We are facing an existential crisis due
has been intentionally ignored by the current
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to our political class which is nurtured
politicians, through voting for independent
by confessionalism and not interested in
deputies who have never been tainted by
accomplishing anything that would serve the
sectarianism and who possess the merit and
general good
integrity that qualify them to carry out their
duties and work towards the best interest of
the country and the common good
Achieving equality between negotiating parties
The attempt by some to control and oppress
through public pressure on Hezbollah who is
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others, rendering the national dialogue, which
controlling and oppressing the country through
is the only way to save Lebanon, impossible
force of arms and the first step in this direction
since one of the first conditions for the dialogue
is the upcoming decisive parliamentary
is for it to take place between equal parties
elections
Implementing law enforcement rules for use
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of arms in order to get rid of illegal and foreign
The uncontrolled use of arms
weapons in Lebanon and restricting the use of
arms to Lebanon’s legal forces03 Citizens’ participatory role in the administration An effective and efficient participation • Improving the situation in remote rural areas • Providing Beirut with all the attention and care worthy of the capital
On Empowering Citizens to Participate in
Public Administration
The Challenges The Solutions
To have a participative democracy, in the
modern sense of the word, as applied by
various countries around the world today,
where citizens are given the right to participate
in the handling of their public affairs through
petitions that they hand over to the decision-
Our political regime has proven its failure on
makers. These petitions are signed by a
many occasions, since our consensus democ-
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specified number of voters and in order
racy has turned into a crippling democracy in
for them to be valid, these voters need to
which each member exercises his right to veto,
be diversified so they can represent all the
paralyzing the country and preventing it from
Lebanese people (many countries use 10% of
handling its public affairs
voters as a fixed percentage). These petitions
and the issues they entail are then directly
inserted into the decision-makers’ agenda
which binds the latter to discuss and resolve
them during the first meeting following their
submission
The lack of a balanced development as
stipulated in The Taif Agreement which
Putting in place administrative and financial
resulted in further impoverishing poor regions,
reforms that will improve the economic
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in addition to an excessive presence of
situation in impoverished regions and adopting
centralization, which is getting in the way of
an advanced administrative decentralization
citizens’ participation in their daily life affairs.
that will help in managing citizens’ affairs in a
Our strict centralization has no equal anywhere
way that facilitates their daily lives
in the world, not even in France, which is
considered a typical centralized state
Without compromising the principles of
balanced development that we are asking for,
the capital should be given special attention
03 Beirut lacks many of the features that other
capitals enjoy
and all of its public facilities and services need
to be rehabilitated through giving Beirut’s
municipality executive prerogatives that will
allow it to serve its citizens in the best way
possible04 Guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary & the integrity of the investigation of the Beirut Port Explosion • Abolishing exceptional courts and supporting the judicial body by ensuring good organization and fair salaries • Completing the digitization of the judicial library in order to have an easier and more comprehensive performance
On Judicial Reforms
The Challenges The Solutions
Implementing the judicial independence law,
in order for the judiciary to get out of any
constitutional authority’s conservatorship,
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especially that of any party that is authorized
The judiciary in Lebanon suffers from the exec-
to appoint judges and determine their salaries.
utive and the de facto powers’ interventions
Protecting the preliminary investigation
into the Beirut Port Explosion along with its
confidentiality until an indictment is issued so
that it can legally reach a fair ruling
02
Abolishing the exceptional courts and the
Having multiple judicial bodies that handle
Supreme Council for the Trial of Presidents
settling disputes
and Ministers
Comprehensively reevaluating the judges’
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Judges are suffering from pay cuts, especially
series of ranks and salaries and improving
nowadays with the devaluation of the national
their pay as well as amending military court
currency
laws in order to limit the scope of its power
In stage one, organizing contests to acquire
lawyers who are registered in one of the
two unions in Lebanon and who have
many years of experience, along with a
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The judicial suffers from sluggish performance
good reputation and appointing them as
due to the scarcity of judges versus the large
judges in order to support the judicial body.
number of cases brought before them
Simultaneously, opening more opportunities
for those who wish to join the judicial institute
so that the graduates can then replace the
aforementioned lawyers
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Judges only show up to work on specific days Organizing judges’ attendance and working
of the week hours to make their performance more efficient
06
The chaotic way in which official, judicial, Carrying out a comprehensive digitization so
commercial, real estate, etc.., records are filed that the files can be stored both digitally and in
and stored properly equipped warehouses05 Recovering the money of depositors & pursuing the looters • Holding all perpetrators accountable and ratifying a fair law for Capital Control • Reforming the Banking Secrecy Law in order to provide the judiciary with the needed information
On Commercial Banks
The Challenges The Solutions
Amending the Money and Credit Law which
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The scandalous laissez-faire in the way banks
gives the Ministry of Finance the authority
collect fees and commissions on every single
to set a fixed price or a ceiling for these
banking transaction
transactions
The arbitrary way in which depositors’ money
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Regulating money transfers by passing a fair
has being transferred abroad following October
law for Capital Control
17th, 2019
Bank owners’ transferal of exorbitant profits Referring all bank owners to investigation on
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abroad while dismissing depositors’ rights and these charges and forcing them to return the
imposing unfair restrictions on those who wish profits they transferred in addition to all other
to withdraw their money arbitrarily transferred money back to Lebanon
Reconsidering the laws and regulations
The Bank Association of Lebanon is a type of
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that govern this association’s work and
cartel which makes decisions that benefit bank
submitting the latter to measures that take
owners only without any consideration for the
both the depositors and the bank owners into
depositors
consideration
Determining a margin for financial interest
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The significant unjustified randomness of
rates and setting a minimum and maximum
banks’ financial interest rates that vary from
ratio that matches the globally-approved
one case to the other
interest rates on foreign currencies
Restructuring the banking sector by merging
non-viable banks and resorting to all legal
means available in order to give the depositors
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their money back within a specified timeframe,
In comparison with other countries, Lebanon
in addition to revoking the licenses of banks
has a large number of commercial banks
that do not comply with the abovementioned
restructuring program. Banks that are non-
sustainable and incapable of merger should
also lose their licenses
Updating this law by overturning any ruling that
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The impossibility of gathering the needed
prevents the judicial authorities from obtaining
information about an offender due to the
any useful information in the course of a trial or
Banking Secrecy Law
complaint06 Restoring confidence in the banking and monetary sector • Reforming the central bank and restructuring the banking sector • Activating financial monitoring systems and tightening the supervision of money exchangers
On Reforms in the Banking and Monetary Sector
The Central Bank
The Challenges The Solutions
Finding effective ways to prevent the recurrence
01
The discrepancy in numbers between the
of these discrepancies. For instance, having
Ministry of Finance’s and the Central Bank’s
both sides use unified lists and schedules in
financial statements
order to have the same source of information
Conducting a financial audit and a forensic
02
The presence of suspicious financial loopholes investigation into the Central Bank’s, all min-
in the Central Bank’s and in all public institu- istries’ and other government institutions’ data
tions’ accounts in addition to prosecuting and penalizing the
guilty parties
Guaranteeing the employment of Central Bank
Some of the Central Bank’s employees are workers who do not belong to any party by
appointed by political parties, especially those adopting a new system of employment.
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working in the Banking Control Commission, Amending the law followed by the Central
the Central Council and the Special Inves- Bank in order to prevent the possibility of any
tigation Commission and some of them are conflict of interest between the system and
currently holding other jobs in the public and Central Bank officials, especially regarding
private sectors their loyalties and any job they might be hold-
ing in the private sector, as is the case today
According to the Transfer of Power principles,
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It is currently allowed to extend the Central
the duration of office for the governor and his
Bank governor’s term of office and that of his
deputy should be specified as 4 years for ex-
deputy indefinitely
ample, with the possibility of renewal only once
The bank’s management should be ordered to
publish the Central Council meetings’ minutes
The Central Bank’s accounts and its operations
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and to submit periodic reports to the Minister
do not currently have the required
of Finance on a regular basis in order for him
transparency
to discuss them in the government cabinet
meetings whenever need be
Activating financial and banking monitoring
systems through reconsidering their compo-
nents and giving them the freedom to investi-
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The Central Bank is not seriously monitoring gate, consequently recovering the smuggled
the operations of commercial banks, financial money. Furthermore, tightening the super-
companies and money exchangers vision of money exchangers and canceling
the licenses of those who break the laws that
govern their business, in addition to prosecut-
ing unlicensed money exchangers07 Carrying out the reforms that were requested by the World Bank and the donors • Negotiating the rescheduling of debt repayment with external creditors • Controlling public spending and setting ceilings for cash block
On Monetary Reforms
The Challenges The Solutions
01
Taking the initiative to negotiate with external
Failing to settle external debts upon due date creditors and reach an agreement on
rescheduling overdue debts
Expedite the requested reforms, especially
The lack of implementation of the conditions
02
those imposed by the International Monetary
imposed by donor countries and institutions in
Fund, so that donors can provide aid for
order to help Lebanon
Lebanon
Establishing an office, within the Ministry of
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Finance, that specializes in public debt affairs,
The uncontrollable increase in public debt
for the purpose of monitoring debts and
preparing plans to gradually settle them
Restructuring all of these institutions by
reducing their staff, completing their
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All public institutions are incurring loss after digitization and adding governance and
loss upon the public treasury efficiency to their expenditures, especially
institutions like the Electricity of Lebanon,
Ogero, public water supply services, etc…
05
Adopting a fair and modern tax system,
An obsolete tax system activating tax collection and prosecuting tax
evaders
06
Having stricter control over this enterprise in
The laissez-faire in the transport of goods at
order to provide the highest possible customs
the air, land and sea borders
revenue and prevent smuggling08 Uprooting corruption and clientelism, stopping random recruitment & implementing e-government • The full activation of the Tendering Authority and the Civil Service Council’s work • Canceling existing councils with contrived prerogatives that benefit the ruling mob
On Reforms Against Corruption
The Challenges The Solutions
The strict prosecution of these criminals, away
01
Leniency in the prosecution of criminals that
from the influence of political favoritism and their
violated the laws aimed at fighting corruption
referral to the judiciary in order to hold them
and money laundering
accountable
Fighting corruption by fully implementing
e-government in order to provide citizens with
the required services without having any direct
communication with a government employee,
02
The corruption that is spread at all levels and in which enhances transparency and eradicated
all government offices the burden placed on them to bribe public
servants.
Prosecuting corrupt government officials or those
who are colluding with private business owners
and holding them accountable for their actions
The profits generated by means of corruption Fully activating the Tendering Authority’s work
mostly come from major projects assigned by so that no project could be contracted before the
03 ministries, councils and official offices to
contractors who inflate their prices for the sake
of charging the bribes and commissions on the
mentioned authority grants its approval, which
would enhance transparency and guarantee top
quality work, with the best materials and at the
treasury best prices
The large number of current councils and funds
that operate outside of the appropriate
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Abolishing all such councils and funds and reas-
ministries’ framework, for the sole purpose of
signing their productive officials to the appropri-
helping politicians benefit from the projects
ate ministries
that are carried out in their regions and in other
regions as well
Activating the Civil Service Council in order to
restructure all of the public sector’s
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The public sector’s chaotic recruitment process components and holding competitions according
and its surplus employees who number in tens to the highest standards, through which
of thousands and who hardly ever do any work employees are hired based on their competence
and not their sectarian, regional or party
affiliations, thus dismissing all surplus employees
The suspicion of corruption and public funds
waste looming over ministers and presidents We can put an end to this conflict of power by
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who did not get prosecuted or whose prose- simply abolishing the Supreme Council and
cution did not lead to any outcome, due to the transferring all the cases filed against any
conflict of power with the Supreme Council for minister or president to regular courts
the Trial of Presidents and Ministers09 Liberating vital sectors from the ruling mob & resurrecting the middle class • Building an economy based on the nature and skills of Lebanese people • Reviving the local currency’s purchasing power
On the Economy:
Serving the Lebanese people
The Challenges The Solutions
Rebuilding an economy based on the
Lebanese people’s points of strength:
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Today, Lebanon’s economy is in collapse due
Dynamism, adaptability and innovation.
to the ruling mob’s corruption and lack of sense
Therefore, it is necessary to focus on building
of responsibility
economic sectors that are compatible with and
beneficial to these points of strengths
The various cartels are stifling the country’s Similarly to other free economies (such as the
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economy and robbing the citizens of their European Union and the United States), we
purchasing power, even when it comes to their must work on enacting laws that prevent the
basic needs, such as gas, food and medicine emergence and sustainability of cartels
Lebanon’s middle class has always been an
The middle class must be restored for without
advantage as it played a major role in keeping
it, the Lebanese economy cannot regain its full
the wheel of the economy moving and
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vitality. It is therefore necessary to secure the
vitalizing the market. This middle class has
basic means of social protection for this class
been destroyed by the lack of sense of
and give it the necessary tax facilities so it can
responsibility among those who control the
regain its role in the economy
affairs of the country
It is common knowledge that Lebanon has an
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enormous wealth in oil and gas reserves that It is essential to liberate this sector from the
can effectively contribute to the economy; but ruling mob in order to be able to invest in this
the conflict of political interests has left it buried important resource and rebuild our economy
until this day
Rebuilding the energy sector, starting with
Energy is the backbone of any economy and it
finding an effective solution for electricity, dams
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has been destroyed by the ruling mob, which
and water issues in a decentralized manner
caused darkness and injustice to descend
that would allow citizens to participate in
upon the institutions that serve the vital and
monitoring this sector in order to prevent
basic needs of citizens
violations and corruption
Relying more and more on clean energy by
Today, the Lebanese people are exposed to
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adopting solar, wind and water energy and,
high levels of pollution while the fuel, diesel
more importantly, encouraging citizens and
and gas import bills are exhausting both them
municipalities to rely on these types of energy
and the economy
sources10 Recognizing all citizens’ natural rights to obtain medical care, medicine, hospitalization & insurance • Prioritizing prevention over treatment and turning small hospitals into care centers • Developing and equipping public sector hospitals and providing doctors and nurses with incentive
On Health in Lebanon
The Challenges The Solutions
Reducing the deficit in this sector while placing
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The rising cost of medical bills as a result of
an emphasis on awareness, prevention and
the health system’s focus being 90% on curing
primary health care in anticipation of the need
as opposed to caring
for treatment and its rising cost
Turning small hospitals into primary health
care centers.
Establishing a central hospital in every district
Most hospitals in Lebanon have less than 100
in order for patients with difficult cases to be
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beds and are unevenly distributed across all
received, which could be achieved by
regions; additionally, the districts do not have
activating the public sector’s hospitals that are
central hospitals, equipped to receive cases of
still under construction and managing them
incurable and serious diseases
with the same spirit found in the private
sector’s hospitals, in addition to evenly
spreading them across all regions
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The existing central laboratory should be
The absence of the central laboratory following
rehabilitated in order to monitor the medicine’s
its closure
quality and effectiveness
04
The pharmaceutical market in Lebanon is
Sole distribution rights should be revoked
monopolized due to sole distribution rights
05
The chaotic overflow of specialized doctors Adopting a map to ensure the fair
and their uneven distribution across the distribution of doctors across all regions in
regions order to achieve health equity
Motivating doctors to remain in the country and
The emigration of doctors, due to the
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seeking the adoption of a law that guarantees
deteriorating living conditions, and the
doctors’ immunity and their rights, in addition to
increasing shortage in assistant medical staff
working on providing incentives to the
(such as nursing)
assistant medical staff
Setting scientific, objective and tailored
The large number of clinics operating without
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standards for establishing clinics that meet the
any supervision, while government clinics are
international specifications in addition to
paralyzed and Beirut Municipality’s clinics are
activating government clinics and reopening
closed
Beirut Municipality’s clinics11 Combating domestic violence & achieving equality in rights and duties • Separating women’s right to grant their nationality to their children from the issue of nationalizing refugees • Emphasizing women’s rights to advance in both the public and political sectors
On Women’s Rights
The Challenges The Solutions
Implementing the national plan to execute
UNSCR 1325 which covers women’s role
in security, defense, conflict resolution and
peacebuilding and their contribution to politics
01
In our country, women’s role is limited to
as well as the economy, in addition to
specific fields which also limits their
combating the violence based on the
contribution to public life
discrimination between women and men and
implementing all other national plans related to
human rights that have already been approved
by the Lebanese authorities
The absence of equality between men and
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Amending the personal and religious status
women, the dominance of unjust laws and
laws in order to guarantee women’s rights and
practices, including the phenomenon of
setting the legal marriage age at 18
underage marriage
Implementing and developing laws that
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The spread of domestic violence and the address domestic violence in general and
weakness in addressing it, in addition to the combating sexual harassment through the
evasion of justice by perpetrators application of laws that would incriminate,
imprison and fine the perpetrators
Reconsidering the Lebanese Nationality Law
that is currently in effect, in order to grant
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Depriving Lebanese mothers of their national
women their natural right as Lebanese
right to grant their citizenship to their children
citizens, in equality with men who enjoy their
full citizenship
Imposing financial and social policies that
would guarantee women’s participation in all
the different fields of the private sector’s labor
market in addition to public jobs, while
protecting their maternity rights.
Reinforcing women’s participation in the
The lack of commitment to women’s right to
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political and economic life, as well as their
ascend to public office and enter the political
participation in decision-making, in the
arena
executive and judicial branch, and in public
administration, while deepening the
government’s commitment to assign
leadership roles to women. All of the above
should also be applied in all the unions, trades
and financial institutions12 Introducing advanced curricula & raising the level of public schools • Directing high school students towards majors that cater to the labor market’s needs • Supporting the Lebanese University and distinguishing between serious and unfit universities
On Youth and Education
The Challenges The Solutions
Due to the cumulative neglect for the priority of Introducing up-to-date educational curricula
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education, Lebanon now lacks the educational that will prepare our generations for the
curricula that befits both its reputation and its brilliant, pioneering role that the Lebanese
aspiring generations youth has always been known for
Strengthening public schools on all levels,
One of the results of the corruption that primary, intermediate and secondary,
dominates Lebanon’s administration is the developing the National University after having
neglect of public education on all levels, which halted our destructive politicians’ interference,
02 has recently exacerbated due to the high rate
of poverty and the middle class’ inability to
bear the fees of private schools and
imposing strict academic requirements on
unfit universities that were arbitrarily founded
through means of corruption, and revoking the
universities licenses of any university that doesn’t abide by
these requirements
Drawing up a career guidance policy based on
The ruling class’ exclusive preoccupation with the latest methods and equipped with the most
personal gain led to neglecting the importance accurate studies and research, for the benefit
03 of providing vocational guidance to university
students which, in turn, resulted in career
disorientation among our youth
of the new generation, high school age and
above, while also strengthening technical and
technological institutes that provide education
in various emerging professions
The absence of civic education and the
disregard of the new generation’s priorities
Lowering the voting age and enhancing the
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by the country’s officials, who are steeped in
spirit of citizenship and self-fulfillment in
quota distribution and political disputes, are
constructive fields and activities
frustrating young people, causing them to
form destructive loyalties
Working on liberating sports teams from all
The corrupt political class grew accustomed types of sectarianism and helping advance all
to giving sports in Lebanon a hateful sectarian teams and individual champions according to
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interests and negatively impacts the youth and
the role of sportsmanship in the purification of
their competencies and development
opportunities, rather than their political or
religious affiliations, in addition to accelerating
the soul the sponsorship of promising talents,
especially the ones that require early training13 A Safe and Healthy Environment in Lebanon • Imposing laws that safeguard forests, prevent desertification and protect the water, air and land from pollution • Converting non-recyclable waste to green energy and making use of our natural resources
On Nature and the Environment
The Challenges The Solutions
Adopting the green architecture specifications
01 The lack of commitment to green architecture that were put in place by the Union of
Engineers, especially for new projects
Implementing and developing Law No. 80
02 The poor waste management in all cities on integrated solid waste management and
recycling
Proposing a law to plan public transportation,
03
The lack of integrated planning for public
covering big and small eco-friendly buses and
transportation
allocating appropriate bus stops
Suggesting laws to separate wastewater pipes
04 The chaotic infrastructure and services and
their impact on sustainable development
from rainwater pipes, to activate the existing
water-treatment facilities and to repair and
develop their infrastructure
The Commitment of the Ministers of
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Environment and Public Works and
The chaotic management of marine life and the
Transport to the implementation of Decree
coastal environment
8171 of year 2002, which was published in the
official newspaper
Suggesting laws that protect and take care of
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green areas, such as Horsh Beirut, in addition
Neglecting green and outdoor areas
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