CHANGE Parties
Political Quadrant Chart
The platform supports all change parties that are not linked to the corrupt political system in Lebanon. Our goal is to remove this system from power by organizing ourselves into new, modern political parties that condemn sectarianism and corruption. The political parties that have been in power for decades have distorted party work in Lebanon, work we deem essential to the success of any nation.
Below are the answers to the questionnaire submitted to CHANGE parties to clarify their stance on major issues.
Political Party or Group
MMFD
LIHAQI
LNA
SABAA
TAQADOM
KHAT AHMAR
TAHALUF WATANI
MADA
MARSAD SHAABI
NATIONAL BLOC
Is your Organization National or Local?
• National
• Local
Approximate Numbers of Active Members
• Less than 50
• Between 50 and 100
• Between 100 and 300
• Between 300 and 500
• Between 500 and 1000
• More than 1000
Of the following choices which in your opinion should be a priority?
• To adhere to firm political principles and maintain political clarity to present a model completely different from the parties in power, even if it requires parting ways with some of the CHANGE forces that collaborate with "Sulta" parties on some matters.
• To unite all CHANGE forces under one umbrella, breaking away from all "Sulta" parties. The differences between CHANGE forces are not as important as the battle against our current regime.
• To achieve political, economic and social reforms. This requires building a movement with a clear political direction, reaching out and working with all those aiming for reforms.
• To break Hezbollah’s hegemony. This may require parting with some of the CHANGE forces that do not have a clear and decisive position towards Hezbollah and the sovereign issue, and allying with forces of the current regime who are opposed to Hezbollah and
What is be the best way to solve the Lebanese crisis?
• Confronting the ruling system and electing honest representatives to decision-making positions
• Confronting the ruling system and changing the sectarian political system in Lebanon
• Working to achieve tangible political reforms that improve the lives of the Lebanese people
• Electing trustworthy people to decision-making positions, representatives who have the capacity to overcome illegal weapons and corruption
Which of the following issues can not be delayed or postponed from the CHANGE movement's agenda?
• All the issues we are working on are part of an interrelated agenda, and none of them should be delayed
• Some issues may be delayed, except for the issue of confronting corruption
• Some issues may be postponed but for the issue of social justice
• Some issues may be postponed, except for the sovereignity issue
Who is responsible for compensating financial losses and depositors’ funds?
• The banks and their shareholders
• The State
Tax policy
• Progressive tax brackets on income and profits, with lower tax rates applied to low earning households and higher rates applied to the wealthy
• Reduced tax rates on income and profits, and drawing revenue from VAT and various fees
Bank Secrecy Act
• The bank secrecy law should be maintained
• The bank secrecy law should be abolished
Social Security
• Use tax revenues to build an integrated health system that provides free comprehensive health coverage and pays retirement income
• Rely on a model that includes social security funds, private insurance companies and the State to secure health coverage, social security and retirement funds
• Rely mainly on the private sector for health coverage including hospitalization, for retirement needs and pension funds
Privatization of State Services
• All State services should be privatized
• Some services should stay in the hands of the State while others can be privatized
• Against the privatization of any state services
Use of State Assets to compensate for financial losses and costs of collapse
• Some state assets could be sold to compensate for financial losses and the cost of economic collapse
• Income from operation of some State Assets, and/or sale of some State assets could be used to compensate for financial losses and the cost of economic collapse
• No State asset should be sold to compensate for financial losses and the cost of economic collapse
National Economy
• Let free market policies determine the direction of the economy
• Encourage and support economic policies favoring all local production and industries
• Encourage and support economic policies favoring agricultural production, livestock and fishing industries
• Encourage and support economic policies favoring the industrial sector
• Encourage and support economic policies favoring the tourism sector
• Encourage and support economic policies favoring the information technology sector
• Encourage and support economic policies favoring financial and commercial services
Government Administration
• For centralized administrative and financial services
• For a decentralized administration
• For decentralized administrative and financial services
• For geographic federalism
• For a federal union between sectarian cantons
Secularism
• For unified civil laws applied to personal status and a secular state
• For an optional civil law for personal status and the abolition of political sectarianism
• For an optional civil law for personal status and the preservation of political sectarianism
• For the abolition of political sectarianism only
• For maintaining sectarian divisions for both personal status and political life
Weapons, Sovereignty and the Decision to go to war
• For limiting the posession and use of weapons to the State and its military branches, and disarming all weapons outside official military institutions
• For limiting the decision to go to war to the State, but allowing the Islamic resistance to hold on to their weapons and artillery
• For the Islamic resistance to remain as an independent armed body to confront Israel only
Foreign Policy
• For Lebanon to declare itself a neutral country, distancing itself from regional and international conflicts
• For Lebanon to clearly declare it stands behind Human Rights and to respect the application of International conventions in this regard
• For Lebanon to clearly declare its support of the Islamic Resistance in the current international conflict
• For Lebanon to align itself with most Arab and Western countries, and to commit to the implementation of resolutions taken by the United Nations Security Council