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Lebanon vote holds little hope for change despite disasters

Workers install a giant campaign billboard for the list of candidates running in the upcoming parliamentary elections on Lebanese Sunni billionaire Fuad Makhzoumi's list, with Arabic that reads: "Beirut needs a heart," in Beirut, Lebanon, April 14, 2022. The nationwide vote on May 15 is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Verena al-Amil, 25, the youngest candidate running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, distributes campaign fliers, in Broumana, east of Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2022. The nationwide vote on May 15 is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Campaign posters for the upcoming parliamentary candidates elections are displayed in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The May 15 nationwide vote is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hania Zaatari, center, who is an independent candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections campaigns in the old souk, in Sidon, Lebanon, April 9, 2022. The May 15 nationwide vote is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A giant electoral billboard for Lebanese Sunni billionaire Fuad Makhzoumi who is running in the upcoming parliamentary elections hangs on a building with Arabic that reads: "Our silence will explode Beirut a second time, Beirut needs heart," in Beirut, Lebanon, April 12, 2022. The May 15 nationwide vote is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Jad Ghosn, a journalist who recently decided to run in upcoming parliamentary elections with the leftist group Citizens in a State, records a video for social media, in Jounieh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, April 14, 2022. The May 15 nationwide vote is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Campaign posters for candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections adorn a highway, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 12, 2022. The May 15 nationwide vote is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Verena al-Amil, 25, the youngest candidate running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, distributes campaign fliers, in Broumana, east of Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2022. The nationwide vote on May 15 is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A giant electoral billboard for the upcoming parliamentary elections, hangs on an abandoned building, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 11, 2022. The nationwide vote on May 15 is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. Arabic reads: "They displaced your children, vote against them." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hania Zaatari, center, who is an independent candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections tells a man that fixing Lebanon's devastating economic crisis is her top priority, at the old souk, in Sidon, Lebanon, April 9, 2022. The May 15 nationwide vote is the first since Lebanon's economy took a nosedive and an August 2020 explosion at Beirut's port killed more than 200 and destroyed parts of the capital. Lebanon's various disasters have fueled anger at Lebanon's political elite, but few see any hope that elections will dislodge them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon vote holds little hope for change despite disasters