The Lebanese scene becomes increasingly surreal day by day, with colors blending and contradictions intertwining, while the tragedies and crises within it intensify. The prevailing image of the complicated situation resembles a bus whose brakes have failed, with the driver jumping out, leaving it to roll down a steep slope with its passengers before crashing into a large rock, shattering what remained of it and frightening the passengers, resulting in casualties and injuries.
In the daily dramatic realities, the dollar continues its upward challenge against the “livelihood” of the vast majority of Lebanese people amid a terrifying escalation of prices without any accountability or oversight, affecting all necessary goods and necessities. Meanwhile, the concerned official authorities are completely absent from even the simplest oversight functions to curb this atrocious exploitation of people's suffering.
The Prime Minister in the Vatican is seeking remedies for the Christian divisions that hinder the completion of the presidential election, prolonging the vacancy in the presidency and its negative implications on the already deteriorating situation in the country. The state is suing the Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, who remains in his official position and is participating in the investigation alongside French judges, circumventing all applicable laws and regulations and disregarding the principles of national sovereignty and the slogans of judicial independence. The governor leaves the interrogation session to his office to chair a meeting of the central council that includes deputy governors, a government representative, and a delegate from the Ministry of Finance.
The futile debates continue among political factions internally, characterized by exchanges of accusations of obstruction and defiance, without arriving at appropriate solutions to the insurmountable crises facing a corrupt and failed political system. Meanwhile, foreign allies and friends are following up on their communications and meetings to find a formula that leads to creating a roadmap to help rescue the country from the problems and dangers it faces, starting with electing a president and forming a new government capable of implementing the required reforms, transitioning the country to a long-awaited phase of relief.
The upcoming French-Saudi meeting at the Élysée, which will include French President's advisor Patrick Durel, Saudi advisor Nizar al-Aloula, and Ambassador Walid Bukhari, indeed reaffirms the external interest in accelerating rescue efforts for this afflicted country.
