Cautious hope and determination:

Holding our new leaders accountable On Saturday, February 8th, 2025, Nawaf Salam and Joseph Aoun signed a decree for the formation of a new government after two years of political paralysis and vacancy. The new council of ministers faces the daunting task of restoring sovereign trust and rebuilding the country’s neglected institutions and beleaguered industries. In our responsibility to uphold freedom of expression as part of the Fourth Estate, Executive has developed an Economic Roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders from economic and social sectors across the country over the last eight years. This comprehensive, data and research-driven framework represents the hopes and ambitions of the Lebanese people and provides members of parliament with pragmatic solutions and policy proposals as they are tasked with responding to our long overdue demands. It is our duty to hold our leaders to account. As an independent media, we are also responsible for empowering the