Lebanon’s politics are so fractured that its prime minister, in the absence of a president, is also the country’s top executive. That’s because the nation’s divided parliament, which picks the head of state, hasn’t been able to agree on a candidate in over a year. In an interview, Prime Minister Tammam Salam explained the deadlock, discussed refugees from Syria (who now make up one-fifth of the population) and grappled with Beirut’s new phenomenon, a frustrated youth movement that wants to scrap the entire system. Edited excerpts follow:
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