The Lebanese parliamentary election in May will be taking place two and a half years after the outbreak of the Lebanese Intifada in October 2019. However, amid a deep economic crisis and the absence of any viable progressive and secular political alternative, the dominant sectarian neoliberal parties, from Hezbollah to the Lebanese Forces, will most probably be able to mobilise their confessional bases and maintain, or reinforce, their hegemony in the coming elections. Multiple reasons exist for this situation. Firstly, the Lebanese system of laws and political framework, which are regulated a…