Episode 42 - Tripoli & its by-election by The Lebanese Politics Podcast published on 2019-04-14T10:39:35Z The discussion on Tripoli politics begins at 17:22. We recorded this before the election so if Dima Jamali is not the new Tripoli MP then you can enjoy this episode for the comedy value… Ben and Nizar look at the Tripoli by-election by analysing the main players in Tripoli politics, the Rifi-Future rift, 2016’s protest vote, 2018’s return to establishment politics, and why the outcome of Sunday’s by-election seems inevitable. Also discussed in the forty-second episode of The Lebanese Politics Podcast: it’s our one year anniversary(!), the electricity plan is passed, cabinet talks austerity measures, Lebanon and Cyprus discuss oil & gas agreements, Germanos sues the ISF information branch, Nasrallah responds to the US designation of the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organisation, and those close to Amal seek to quash rumors of possible sanctions. Music track: Zuhal by Elepheel, check out his other work @elepheel Genre News & Politics