Lebanon’s elite face test at polls

Beirut – Lebanon voted yesterday in its first election since multiple crises dragged it to the brink of failed statehood, a major test for new opposition groups bent on removing the ruling elite.

Observers have warned not to expect any seismic shift, with every lever of power firmly in the hands of traditional sectarian parties. New independent candidates and parties are hoping to create the change an antigraft uprising in 2019 failed to deliver.