Question

2 paragraphs on the government corruption in lebanon after the 1975 civil war

Answer 1

After the 1975 civil war, there has been widespread corruption in Lebanon, and this permeates all levels of society. This is reflected by the country’s global and regional average performances scores in most governance areas. The parliament, political partices, the police and public administration are pereived as the most corrupt institutions of the country. Political leaders often act in their own vested interest and at the cost of the citizens they serve. Partly due to political instability, the country has not established the necessary integrity structures nor are there indications of a strong political will to fight corruption. Lebanon’s confessional power-sharing arrangements fuels patronage networks and clientelism, which undermines further the country’s governance system.

Lebanon might be thought of a a places for nightlife ane beaches, but it is a country struggling with an unsolved trash crisis, on the brink of financial collapse and where corruption and mismanagement have driven thousands onto the streets in months of protests. The corruption levels are so straggering that prople have been protesting saying that they are tired of poliitical and economic stagnation. Exam results, school admissions everything is rigged and you stand a better chance if you have political connections. . In a survey of 1,000 people in the country of around 4.5 million, over half had to rely on political connections to access public services over the past year while four in 10 or 40 per cent said they paid a bribe.