Question

As usual, Vikram was driving the motorbike under a vow of

silence and Vetal was the pillion rider. As usual, Vetal

started telling Vikram a story to keep him awake while

driving. This time the story went as follows:

“In the city of Beirut there lived a man called Khalil. His parents came

from different communities. His father was an Orthodox Christian and mother a Sunni

Muslim. This was not so uncommon in this modern, cosmopolitan city. People from

various communities that lived in Lebanon came to live in its capital, Beirut. They lived

together, intermingled, yet fought a bitter civil war among themselves. One of Khalil’s

uncles was killed in that war.

At the end of this civil war, Lebanon’s leaders came together and agreed to some basic

rules for power sharing among different communities. As per these rules, the country’s

President must belong to the Maronite sect of Catholic Christians. The Prime Minister must

be from the Sunni Muslim community. The post of Deputy Prime Minister is fixed for

Orthodox Christian sect and that of the Speaker for Shi’a Muslims. Under this pact, the

Christians agreed not to seek French protection and the Muslims agreed not to seek

unification with the neighbouring state of Syria.When the Christians and Muslims came to

this agreement, they were nearly equal in population. Both sides have continued to

respect this agreement though now the Muslims are in clear majority.

Khalil does not like this system one bit. He is a popular man with political ambition. But

under the present system the top position is out of his reach. He does not practise

either his father’s or his mother’s religion and does not wish to be known by either. He

cannot understand why Lebanon can’t be like any other ‘normal’ democracy. “Just hold

an election, allow everyone to contest and whoever wins maximum votes becomes the

president, no matter which community he comes from. Why can’t we do that, like in

other democracies of the world?” he asks. His elders, who have seen the bloodshed of

the civil war, tell him that the present system is the best guarantee for peace…”

The story was not finished, but they had reached the TV tower

where they stopped every day. Vetal wrapped up

quickly and posed his customary question to

Vikram: “If you had the power to rewrite

the rules in Lebanon, what would you do?

Would you adopt the ‘regular’ rules followed

everywhere, as Khalil suggests? Or stick to

the old rules? Or do something else?” Vetal

did not forget to remind Vikram of their basic

pact: “If you have an answer in mind and yet

do not speak up, your mobike will freeze, and

so will you!”

Can you help poor Vikram in answering Veta​

Answer 1

Answer:

I would stick to  the old rules and i wouldn't rewrite the rules because all the people are in favour with the current political system

Explanation:

If we follow the regular rules then there might be some dispute arising between the social communities commonly. Suppose in the 'regular' election all the people elected were christians and not muslims then the christians may disregard the wishes of the muslims due to which it might cause a civil war again.

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