I feel frustrated.
I feel as if I don’t exist in my country.
I can’t hold anyone accountable for anything.
Neither parliamentarian, nor the government, NO ONE: “ma hadan“.
State of law? If I remember well the protests we hold, back in 2005 and before, they were all to defend many issues: Democracy, accountability, transparency, Freedom of Expression,…
But Have we accomplished anything? I m always calling for action, trying to mobilise around me for some critical issues, but are those “actions” efficient? Any effective result?
No.
At the “Mecanique” in Lebanon, to check whether our cars are okay and safe, some people are being threatened by a kind of mafia. Taking money , huge amounts, from people , and when a citizen tells his story, people laugh at him or her. “Are you crazy, we know those people, we have videos of your story, we have receipts, but we CAN’T do anything, even us the responsible in the Mecanique.”
This is what they told my cousin, when he has been blackmailed by a bunch of guys during the test of his car, in Lebanon, in 2010! In the Century of the Blackouts!
Accountability? Respect to the Citizen? Which Citizen?
The “Chatir” the one who respects his own rules or the “Mouwatine el Mou3attar“, the one who has no one to protect him from those “chatrine“??
Where do I live? In a “mazra3a“?
Discrimination is so common in Lebanon, that I do not Know how to ask for a State that Respect all its citizens equally!
What about the inflation? Prices are getting up, In a way I can’t afford, many other fellows can’t afford, and what Am I doing?
House prices are Impossible to read (half a million for a house? When the Salaries are so down? !? ), Beirut is one of the most Expensive capitals to live in:
food, fuel, communication, housing prices are HIGH!
And what am I doing? Getting High too?
Parliamentarians, Responsible, Civil Servants, Ministers, NGOs, International Organisations, No one, is Doing anything. We can just talk and Call for Action, But WHAT IS THE ACTION TO DO?
Rita
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Rita I can totally understand your anger, confusion and sadness! This chaotic situation is spreading across the region and still we do not feel yet responsible to take action, even if it is our lives at stake!
Maybe I come from a different situation where we, Egyptians, have a “stable” country, less sectarian identities to deal with and different economical problems but that does not change the fact that we both suffer the same conclusion, no one to hold accountable, no decent living, corruption, unemployment, or even worse labor force that can not be employed, the list goes on forever!
I also think that those who started early on to call for social and human rights should not and cannot stop. No my dear friend, you should not get high, keep your head on your shoulders, keep working, spread ur message. we are not many to make the difference, change the situation but we cannot sit back and watch. I tried and it did not work !
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Same old Rubbish…It is the eternal disease = Lebanon itself is the bacteria my fellows,do not complain please,you’re not allowed to neither no one will respond your cries !!!
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Ghassan, can you please be more positive? maybe try to brainstorm some solutions, instead of talking with such cynism and negativity?
yalla!
maybe you will give the idea or initiave that may help all of us.
rita
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Salsoul Dear,
ouf, we are living the same conditions, ma hek?
Accountability! All the Responsibles want to be ” mas2ouline” and ” fi el wajeha” in the pictures, in the Beautiful VIP conferences, but not if there is a problem or a critical situation to define and try to answer!
I m totally with you when you say, we shouldnt sit,
sorry salsoul I had a moment of despare ( i dont know if that word should be written like that)
Yalla, Like you I’ll try to keep the Courage to Continue to spread my anger and ask people to react, maybe this will let some true Action Be.
Luv from leb!!
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