Solutions for a Federal Lebanon

20120402

The republic of Lebanon could develop better if it got a new ruling system.

The state should be a federal state and more decentralized.

The different regions should have the right to decide more than they do today.

Lebanon is a country where people are mainly belonging to either the Phoenician/Aramean or the Arabic identities with many different Christian churches and Islamic directions within. The different groups are in majority in different regions.

 Here are some propositions:

 The taxes on salaries and consumption could be 20 % each, divided 75 % to the region and 25 % to the state.

 The state can have responsibility for the army, police, fire workers, foreign relations, borders, airports, harbors, highways, state universities and state hospitals in all regions, parliament, government and president office.   

 The region can be in charge for water, roads, street lights, local polis, naming of streets and other landmarks, preschool, elementary school, college, tourism related sectors and constructions.

 Branches that should be in private directions are the electricity, transportation and all kind of phone and internet communications.