Enough is Enough

Since the end of the Lebanon civil, the Lebanese had to endure several obstacles in it’s rebuilding. One of the main obstacles are the Lebanese official themselves that hinder the rebuilding process mainly in the electrical sector.

As Lebanese, we spent most of our time blaming different official on who to blame on the failure to provide electricity to the public. The March 14 supporters will say “March 8 supporters are at fault because they do not pay there electrical bill”. Where as the March 8 reply by saying “March 14 do not allow any project to go through because you can not exploit it for financially”. And there is the constant bickering and fighting within each party.

The truth is everyone is at fault because as a people in one country fail to unite. The civil war might be over but Lebanese mindset are still in the civil war era. Of course this does not apply to all Lebanese but mainly to Lebanese officials. But it is those official keep the people divided but creating party flags, party songs, party rallies, and party hand signals. It is the people responsibility to control the politicians not the politicians to control the people.

The Arab Spring has shown what people power can do to oppression whether financially or socially. The Lebanese people should protest but protest with a list of specific demands. The people should demand the implantation of projects that are studied and funded in order to improve the electrical infrastructure.

We as a citizens of Lebanon should not be dormant about this dysfunctional government. We have to empower ourselves and say enough with water shortage, enough to with unsafe streets, enough with unsafe houses, and especially enough with power cuts.