Berri has been Lebanon's parliament speaker for a quarter-century, and is expected to win a sixth term this week. Even rivals acknowledge that the 80-year-old is a canny political operator, but his long tenure owes much to Lebanon's sectarian-based and elite-dominated political system. Even rivals acknowledge that the 80-year-old is a canny political operator, but his long tenure owes much to Lebanon's sectarian-based and elite-dominated political system. Even rivals acknowledge that the 80-year-old is a canny political operator, but his long tenure owes much to Lebanon's sectarian-based and elite-dominated political system. Even rivals acknowledge that the 80-year-old is a canny political operator, but his long tenure owes much to Lebanon's sectarian-based and elite-dominated political system.

Source: Daily Mail May 22, 2018 06:11 UTC