Entries by Abdel Turkmani

Inventory of available resources

Any plan must start with knowing reality. As of yet, we have no actual knowledge of our country’s assets and liabilities. We need to know what we have in terms of money, gold, and loans, as well as what we owe. The goal of the inventory is to identify the available resources to provide society’s […]

Education

The objective of the educational system is to secure specific functions, including: strengthening the legitimacy of the Civil State, nurturing critical thinking, stimulating intellectual freedom, producing knowledge, developing capabilities to manage demand, and keeping pace with the transition process by integrating post-school training. The social considerations posed by the current economic crisis allow for the […]

Electricity

Electricity is an essential commodity. Today, it has a negative impact on the balance of payments in terms of production costs and import bills. Electrical power is not supplied 24/7 through the national grid: 84% of housing units depend on privately owned local generators. Generator owners, under the protection of the political parties, manage distribution […]

Societal change vs. regime change

Society is in continuous transformation As mentioned earlier, authority draws its legitimacy from the consent, at a certain pivotal moment, for certain power relationships within a society. However, since the society that bestowed this legitimacy is in continuous transformation, a regime is compelled to assert that this society is fixed and constant to ensure its […]

The Inseparability of Society and Authority.

Authority is an outcome of societal acceptance. Authority draws its legitimacy from the consent for certain power relationships within a society. In the absence of such a consent, contradictions within a society can lead to separations and isolations, with a rejection of any claim of authority. Therefore authoritarian regimes if not accepted by a society […]

Transportation

Strengthening the current transportation network only leads to an increase in the number of cars, resulting in large losses in terms of time spent on daily trips, traffic accidents, environmental damage and high costs on the economy due to imports of cars and fuel. Currently, public transportation is primitive and unorganized, lacks a clear timetable […]

Housing

Housing is not merely a functional need for shelter. In the current political system, the housing sector has become organized based on a hierarchy reflecting social class and sectarian affiliations. This has led to the marginalization of some towns and cities, and subsequently to an increase in population density in certain regions. In addition, 65% […]

Healthcare

The primary source to finance universal healthcare should be the income generated from different sources of rent. Funding through compulsory wage-based contributions is unjustifiable, especially in light of increasing unemployment and reduced real wages. It is the National Social Security Fund’s responsibility to manage the system delivering comprehensive basic health coverage, while complementary benefits provision […]