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Jul 10, 08:12 AM

Lebanon’s “government expects its citizens to trust it just because it speaks reform language. But citizens trust the state…when it does things that materially improve their everyday life,” said Jad El Dilati. More from El Dilati, Maya Mikdashi & @mbazzi.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8U9...

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"But I think a more fundamental failure is the germacy. This government expects its citizens to trust it just because it speaks reform language. But citizens trust the state when it's there for them, when it protects them, when it communicates with them, and when it does things that materially and visibly improves their everyday life. And right now people aren't seeing that this is the case. And frustration goes even beyond security, because even when it comes to technocratic reforms, which this government boasts about, more and more people are increasingly seeing that this new form of governance is all governance masked under new language. We've seen a series of bad reformist decisions, a bad financial gap law, gas and VAT and tax increases during crisis, a very questionable judicial institution and administrative appointments. But I think a very fundamental failure is that this government still does not control the political conditions that lead to war and peace."

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DAWN @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social · Jul 8, 05:20 PM

Lebanon’s “government expects its citizens to trust it just because it speaks reform language. But citizens trust the state…when it does things that materially improve their everyday life,” said Jad El Dilati. More from El Dilati, Maya Mikdashi & @mbazzi.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8U9...