0:00 Intro

6:31 Limited

12:04 Earlier elections

23:47 Waste management

33:47 Initiative

43:09 Parliament

50:50 Decentralization

1:05:46 Third alternative

We're with Ziad Abi Chaker for Episode 308 of The Beirut Banyan.

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We discuss the difficult work necessary to tackle towards waste management, de facto decentralization emerging from the ongoing political and economic crisis, and political agency afforded through upcoming parliamentary elections.

Our conversation includes individual initiatives at the local Municipal level, how those efforts can translate on a national scale, comparing May 15 to earlier elections and looking at third alternatives for answers.

Ziad Abi Chaker is MP Candidate for Beirut 1 District.

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Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.