BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – Lebanon went to the polls on Sunday for the first time since repeated crises pushed it to the verge of failure, with the governing class expected to easily survive popular outrage.
The parliamentary election will be the first litmus test for opposition movements generated by a historic anti-establishment upheaval in Lebanon in 2019, which briefly fueled expectations of regime change.
Nonetheless, commentators have advised against expecting a seismic shift, with established sectarian groups holding every lever of power and an election system stacked in their favour.