Salameh Renews State Push

At a conference on rebuilding the state in Lebanon, Culture Minister Ghassan Salamé said he had returned to politics to wage a “fierce battle” to bring the idea of the state back into political life and into sectors such as education, health and security. He said the Lebanese state’s decline had created a vacuum filled by forces, interests and mafias that were obstructing its reconstruction. He warned that changing the system from abroad could lead to the state’s collapse, particularly in complex societies. Drawing on his experiences in Iraq, Myanmar and Libya, he noted that 20 million weapons were circulating in Libya among a population of around seven million.

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