The Politics of Lebanon By Simrat Sangha
Lebanon’s Political System If you want to understand Lebanon and how it functions then looking at how the political system operates is a major thing to know. Lebanon is officially modelled on a Parliamentary democracy in which power is divided into three branches of government: The judicial branch, the legislative branch which is called the National Assembly, and finally the executive branch. “The head of state is the President who is elected via a two thirds majority by the National Assembly,” ( Britannica, 2022, Government and Society section ). While the President is the head of state he must work with the Assembly to select a member to become Prime Minister and form a cabinet. However, while this seems like a democracy you could find in the West, there is a key difference and that is the seats in the parliament and in the cabinet are assigned based on a person’s religion. There are eighteenth religious sects in Lebanon and all of these groups are assigned seats in Lebanon’s 128 sea...