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lished as law in the Official Gazette. Executive cannot issue any recommendation on which taxes were good or detrimental because no statistical data has been disclosed that would allow the Lebanese sovereign—the people—to evaluate such taxes. The Ministry of Finance said they ran simulations, but those were not made public before, during, or after the taxes were ratified. Elected and public officials must eliminate partisan politics as much as possible from the tax debate by elucidating the statistical base that is available. If the tax law will be amended, or if the revenue measures are to be included in next year’s budget, then due process, proper procedure, transparency, and study of the implications—rather than gamesmanship or distorted claims—must be followed.