beezer wrote
Who do we complain to in such issues to actually get things done?
I don't know. There might be a place where you can complain.
The delays are a real issue. I created a company in the UK. It took me 2 hours to do it online, and cost me less than $30. They send you letters to your postal address and then you can do all your formalities online (statements, etc.). I heard that it takes several months here.
I think the change can come from the top.
What I would like to see is parties getting elected based on action plans and concrete promises, not ideals.
Ideals are nice but ideals are not going to improve the standards of life in this country. Ideals and pretty words are not going to reduce pollution, traffic, improve government efficiency. Goals and plans followed by action will do it.
I guess what can be done today is educating people and working towards such options becoming a reality.
Also there is much room for improvement for living condition. For example, we need more parks. We need 24h electricity. Various NGOs work on such issues. In Zahle, they managed to have 24h electricity somehow. So there is already something to build upon, get inspired, or take example from. I would even say, there is hope!
What else can be done?
By the way I read the news, a journalist in Egypt received 2 years of prison for complaining publicly about sexual harassment.
So thank you Egypt for making Lebanon look good! We have one thing to be positive about today!
(This is very bad news for Egypt by the way. The worst thing you can do to victims is punish them for speaking up and make an example of them. It is interesting how it contrast with what it happening in the USA)
People do work for this country, sometimes they pay it with a very high price. There are good things in this country and we have many persons, most of them unknown, to thank for.