Let the people decide

In 1811, French philosopher Joseph de Maistre wrote that “every nation gets the government it deserves.” Clearly, our nation deserves better than what it has at the moment. Parliament has yet again failed the Lebanese people by not electing a president before the expiration of Michel Sleiman’s term. One role of MPs is to deliberate, nominate proper candidates and vote for the right person to lead the country. They have to date had six sessions to elect the president, the majority of which were canceled for lack of quorum. They have proven once more that they favor their personal gains and cannot get over their political bickering to represent the people’s will. This is the second presidential election in a row in which parliamentarians have proved incapable of electing a head of state. Indeed, it took the parliament no less than six months to find a replacement to Emile Lahoud