What do we want?

WHAT DO WE WANT?

Above everything, we want to know where we are heading to.

They promise us, “cross my heart and wish to die”, that within ten years, the oil and the gas will be flowing freely in our country and we won’t have to worry anymore.

We would dearly like to believe them. But, in the meantime, what are we supposed to do?

To our political leaders and to the Civil Authorities we ask: “Give us a program for the next ten years. If you are unable or unwilling to do so yourselves, then let us build one of our own, and propose it to you. Under no circumstances can we be kept, any longer, in the dark about our future.”

Discussing and arguing all day long about the electoral law, civil marriage, the elusive and never ending obscure fight against corruption, our purported allegiance to the United States or to Iran, the thousand and one new crisis that emerge around us every day because nothing in this country is planned and managed intelligently, all of this will lead us nowhere, nor will it give us any confidence regarding our future.

Nor shall we be reassured by the vague claims of some that they wish to pursue and achieve”change and reform” in our country, while they remain starkly unable to substantiate any specific worthwhile realizations in any domain.

The only way to restore our confidence in Lebanon’s future would be to provide us with a clear and accurately scheduled program for the next five or ten years in the social, economic, infrastructural, and fiscal and financial sectors, and keep us monthly informed about the implementation of that program.

This, in my considered opinion, is the only way to restore the confidence of the citizens in their leadership.

If our appeals in that regard are not answered promptly, I fear that the citizens of Lebanon will be left with no other prospects than to rise and get rid of their incompetent and corrupt leaders, in one way or another.

George Sabat