"The census allows the government to re-establish its relationship with actual citizens, not with abstract sizes of sects, and the study allows it to make informed decisions on how to distribute the resources fairly and prepare for the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)," Halawi said.
Meanwhile, Halawi stressed that early elections would only reproduce sectarian leaders' legitimacy, leading to limited seats for the independent opposition because the sectarian leaders have sustained their grip on society, distributed resources to their sects and created sect-based loyalties at the expense of citizen-driven politics.
"These same leaders have the authority to dictate the rules of elections, including the electoral law," he said.
Rajeh Khoury, a columnist of An-Nahar, a leading Arabic-language newspaper, told Xinhua that Lebanon needs a technocrat government that has nothing to do with political parties in Lebanon.
"This government would be given the power to implement short-term reforms to gain support after Port of Beirut's explosions, long-term reforms to attract support by the IMF to save the country's economy from collapse, and then come up with a new electoral law while launching early parliamentary elections," he said.
Khoury said that the new government would also deal with the repercussions of the explosions and manage donations from foreign countries.
Hilal Khashan, chair of the Political Studies Department at the American University of Beirut, told Xinhua that authorities should facilitate the formation of a new cabinet very soon to put the country back on track of reforms.
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