Three parliamentary sessions in Lebanon were expected to elect a president. By the third and last session, the presidency was still a prisoner of parliamentary indecision. If by May 25 no president is elected — a real possibility — then the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tammam Salam will assume the functions and mandate of the presidency.
As we observe this procrastination (or is it prevarication?), we are reminded that sectarian politics carries within it the seeds of political paralysis.
