A coalition of Lebanese civil society groups and parties on Tuesday made a joint appeal, calling for a unified electoral bloc to try to defeat traditional leaders in 2022 polls.
The alliance of these 16 groups, including the National Bloc, Beirut Madinati and Mintishreen, is the most concerted effort yet towards forming an opposition umbrella to challenge the ruling elite in parliamentary elections scheduled for May 2022.
Spokesperson for the alliance, Nada Sehnaoui said together, they would develop a joint plan for participation in parliamentary polls through joint opposition lists.
Speaking to a Beirut press conference held at the National Bloc’s headquarters she called on all forces of change and the different revolutionary groups to unify their ranks and work together towards forming the widest possible opposition bloc.
The groups taking part so far have mostly coalesced around a 2019 protest movement demanding the wholesale removal of political leaders widely deemed inept and corrupt.
They will run against established parties, many of which have been in power since the 1975-1990 civil war.
But anger is still rife over an economic crisis that has left more than 50 percent of the population below the poverty line.
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