Lebanon-after the elections.

Photo-Beirut,Lebanon at dusk. Lebanon held it's elections last Sunday on June 7th 2009.This is something that the Lebanese government has been planning for months now. As most people know,the political party who won are the March 14th Party.Which is the same party that was running Lebanon before the elections.There are two party groups in Lebanon,March 14 which has political parties,that includes The Future Movement,a Christian party,and also some Sunni Moslem parties. And also March 8th which is the second group,which includes a Christian party,the political party in Hezbollah's name,which is not part of Hezbollah milita but has the same name-Hezbollah, and also some other Shiite and Sunni Moslem parties. But March 14 was the group who won the elections. Security last Sunday on June 7th 2009 was very tight. On the streets of every major city in Lebanon there were police and Lebanese army,who were stopping and asking to see peoples identity cards and passports. As well as stopping people in the street,the police and army set up checkpoints on roads in and out of cities stopping cars and other traffic,searching cars and asking for identity cards. Once at the polling stations,that had been set up in schools and other public buildings,people were body searched by police,and asked to open handbags or wallets.And once inside people had their identity cards checked and were finger printed and photographed. Hezbollah milita did not vote in the elections and they were not present at them,because the milita men are Iranian citizens from Iran. Lebanese law says that only Lebanese citizens are allowed to vote and as Hezbollah members are not Lebanese, they cannot vote. Now,although the elections are over,security is still hot on the streets of Lebanon,everywhere in the country.Police and Lebanese army patrol the streets day and night,stopping people and asking to see identity cards and also they go on buses and trains demanding to see peoples identity cards. A common sight in Syria not Lebanon and also police and army are even going into public buildings,such as schools and banks demanding peoples identity cards. Nobody knows why the Lebanese government is taking this action that has been going on for over a week now,since the elections.Hezbollah milita also fear that now the elections are over,that the government may try to curb their powers,and it is a fear that is felt by other milita's in Lebanon. Hezbollah also think that even if March 8th,the other group had won the elections,that things would not have been different for them or the people of Lebanon.The system in Lebanon is unjust as the Lebanese authorities forces people into hospital against their will,forces people to have medical treatment against their will.Also thousands of people are rounded up and taken away by Israeli solders to prisons in Israel,where the prisoners are forcibly drugged by the Israelis. Also the Lebanese government is involved with Israel and helps them with their round ups of people. The Lebanese government has made it clear to the public that it will not change its system.There have also been street riots in Lebanon this year and last year by Lebanese civilians who are unhappy with the government. Lebanese law does not allow civilians or milita's including Hezbollah to carry guns. But now many Lebanese civilians are keeping guns in their homes to protect themselves from both the Lebanese authorities and Israelis. Hezbollah and other milita's also keep guns in their homes but they cannot carry them in public,except in times of war.Perhaps that is the reason why the Lebanese government is imposing tough security on the streets of Lebanon at the moment.Iran also had elections on Friday June 12th 2009,and now Iran too has the same president as it did before its elections. But the high ranking generals of Hezbollah milita did not go to Iran to vote this time,instead they chose to stay in Lebanon. But now the security on the streets of Lebanon remains tight and is causing friction among the people. Nobody knows how long things are going to be like this,with police and army on the streets,stopping and searching everybody.There have been some clashes with police and civilians,but no street riots. But the government has not said how long it plans to keep this security on the streets,or when they will end it.So it could go on for quite some time.