what were the rules passed by lebnon leaders for power sharing among the different communities
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The original 1926 Constitution gave the religious communities in the then newly constituted western-style nation-state of Lebanon the right to be a part of the governing political structure.
Historically the religious minorities enjoyed a great deal of autonomy and freedom under the protection of Sharia law, allowing Christians of various denominations and other groups to survive the persecution committed against them from time to time by the rulers of the Islamic state.[20] The drafters of the Lebanese Constitution could not ignore this historical reality given that Lebanon had become a multi-denominational state, with the Muslims losing their majority status for the first time. To ensure some level of equilibrium among all the components of the new state, article 95 of the Constitution addressed the issue by stipulating that:
As a temporary measure … and for the sake of justice and concord the religious communities shall be equitably represented in public employment and in the formation of the Cabinet without causing harm to the interests of the State.
While contradicting the equality principle that article 7 strongly guaranteed, the positive aspect of this article was that it left open the opportunity, at least theoretically, for any individual to be employed in any public position or ministerial post; in other words, it did not assign specific positions to specific communities.
Article 96 provided for the division of the Senate seats among the religious communities by allocating five seats to the Maronites, three to the Sunnis, three to the Shias, two to the Greek Orthodox, one to the Greek Catholics, one to the Druze, and one to the minority denominations. The minority denominations are all those who are not assigned specific seats, meaning all who are not Maronites, Sunnis, Shias, Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholics, or Druze.
Furthermore, Decree No. 1307 of 1922 and all subsequent electoral laws to which article 24 of the Constitution referred[21] allocated the seats of the members of the House of Deputies among the various religious denominations in numbers that varied over time.[22]
Because of apportionment on the basis of religious affiliation, for all practical purposes the deputies have become more the representatives of the religious communities whose seats they occupy rather than representatives of the whole nation or even the geographic districts that elected them.