Why Power sharing is desirable
PRUDENTIAL REASONS:
1. It reduces the possibility of conflicts.
2. It provides stability to the government.
MORAL REASONS:
1. Power sharing is the very spirit of democracy.
2. people have a right to be consulted on how they are to be governed
Khalil’s Dilemma

- Khalil lived in the city of Beirut
- Khalil’s father was an orthodox Christian and mother was a Sunni Muslim
- People from various communities living in Lebanon came to live in Beirut, its capital
- Lebanon’s leader laid down some basic rules for power sharing among different community
- As per these rules, the country’s president must being to the Maronite sect of Catholic Christians
- The Prime Minister must be a Sunni Muslim
- The Deputy Prime Minister’s post is fixed for the Orthodox Christians
- The position of the speaker is for the Shia Muslim
- Khalil is not happy with the rules laid down by the Lebanese leaders
- He is a popular man with a political ambition
- He does not follow any religion, neither his fathers’ nor his mothers’
- As per Khalil, an election (referendum) should be held
- Everyone should be allowed to participate
- The one with the maximum votes should be elected as the President no matter which community he/she belongs to
- On the other hand, his elders who have seen bloodshed in the civil war, are happy with the present system i.e. position reserved for a particular community only because this system guarantees for peace