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Lebanon: is a “French mandate” legally possible, as a petition demands?
THE VERIFICATION - 50,000 people have already signed a request made to Emmanuel Macron to place Lebanon under “French mandate for the next 10 years”.
By Luc Lenoir
Updated 22 min ago
The Lebanese look to their " loving mother ". Since the explosion that ravaged Beirut last Tuesday, France, which is currently providing humanitarian aid, seems to have become the last hope for some citizens. A petition put online after the explosion that hit Beirut explains that “ Lebanese officials have clearly shown a total inability to secure and manage the country. With a failing system, corruption, terrorism and militias, the country has just reached its last breath. We believe that Lebanon must come back under French mandate in order to put in place a healthy and sustainable governance.". We do not yet know the authors of the petition, nor the identity of the signatories. But is an administration of Lebanon by France only possible under international law, and politically, what would it imply?
The terms used in the petition refer to the “ French Mandate in Syria and Lebanon ”, set up by the League of Nations in 1920 on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire after the end of the First World War. In application of secret agreements..
https://www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...ition-20200806
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