Videocrux - Political dynasties making place in Lebanese parliament

#Videocrux - Political dynasties making place in Lebanese parliament Political dynasties making place in Lebanese parliament
Hariri, Jumblatt, Gemayel the names of formerly powerful Lebanese figures who have been assassinated. Those names carry on in Lebanese politics today with their children, now figures in their own right. Political dynasties run strong in the country, and several sons and daughters of former politicians, seeking to carry on the tradition, are running for parliament in the June 7 election.
Bashir Gemayel's son, Nadim stepping foot in politics
27 years later, son of assassinated president Bashir Gemayel, Nadim has chosen the same place to stage his own political campaign. And Nadim is campaigning as the heir to that story.
Getting into politics was Nadim's personal choice
Nadim Gemayel, "No one made me go into politics, it was a personal choice, because I believe that we have to be faithful to all the sacrifices that the Gemayel family have made. We have to be faithful to those sacrifices, and we have a duty to continue that work."
Nayla Tueni to follow her father's ideas with her own touch
Nayla Tueni, "I'm Nayla, I'm a different person with a different personality. I'm never going to be Gebran. I'm trying to carry out his ideas, but at the same time to add my own touch, an input from the country's young people."
Families with political hierarchy blocking modernisation
But some commentators think that elite families like Nayla's are exactly what's stopping modernisation from happening. Charles Chartouni, "There will be no modernisation unless the elite modernise and disperse, unless ultimately we break the chains that have been imposed on Lebanon by these political pseudo-dynasties."
Lebanese politics still ruled by political generations
The 70,000 voters of this district have two parties to choose from. One is led by the son of a former president, the other by a president's grandson. A revealing microcosm of Lebanese politics, where blood can still run thicker than water.

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