By the Numbers and Names: La Borra Raises the Alarm Again Over Plan to Remove Christians from State

La Borra - Public Sector Observatory announced it has decided to distribute its second report to media outlets, featuring tables displaying names and numbers of decrees and appointments issued from February 2026 to date, amid complete and puzzling silence from concerned parties.

It noted that, as successive authorities have continued violating the balance within public administration and undermining the constitutional foundations of partnership—particularly targeting Christian representation—and despite La Borra's repeated reviews and warnings to officials over years, even before breaches occurred, and in the face of deafening silence and widespread indifference, La Borra, through the Public Sector Observatory, has resolved to produce detailed periodic reports on these violations and send them to all religious and political leaders to hold them accountable.

La Borra clarified that it will exercise its right to inform the public about these reports and other information some officials seek to conceal by publishing them in media outlets, if officials fail to act on their duties and confront this blatant, prolonged, and deliberate conspiracy against the Christian presence in Lebanon and its public institutions, which threatens the disappearance of Lebanon’s pluralistic democratic and civilizational identity.

The decrees and appointments issued from February 2026 to date reveal administrative and legal violations aimed at weakening the administration, undermining sectarian balance in administrative positions, seizing Christian posts, and eliminating rotation—clear evidence of a serious escalation in undermining balance, parity, and partnership.

We present some key examples, not exhaustive:

1- Ogero:

The Maronite head of the Hazmieh Ogero center was retired (Maronite). A Shia employee was appointed to lead the center.

2- Ministry of Public Health / Beirut University Hospital:

- 106 individuals were hired without any official announcement of staffing needs or hiring intentions, and none of them were Christian, despite existing applications in the Director General’s office.

3- Ministry of Energy and Water:

There were four original departments still active, currently occupied by two Christians:

- The Electrical Equipment Department was previously managed by an acting Maronite with relevant expertise. It is now vacant, and the Director General has been assigned to manage it.

- In the General Directorate of Water and Electricity, there are ten departments. Of these, four Shia appointments for promotion to Grade 2, two Sunni, and one Christian.

- Additionally, a Shia appointment for promotion to Grade 2 is being pursued in the General Directorate of Oil, despite ongoing legal cases and the exclusion of two Christians under the same pretext.

- However, in the Investment Directorate, three Christian non-technical administrators are being promoted.

- The Irrigation Department was abolished by Law 2000/247. (Result: A Shia acting official remains in place.)

- In October 2025, an agricultural engineer (Shia) was appointed instead of the sole Maronite acting electrical engineer in the Directorate of Resources—let alone within the Ministry of Energy. After the Council of State ruled to halt the minister’s decision, the appointment was canceled, and the Director General was tasked with managing the department instead of reinstating the previous acting Maronite. No name was submitted for promotion.

- The Surroundings Correction Department (acting Shia), abolished by Law 2000/247. It is unclear who will be appointed should promotion occur in the Expropriation Department.

- The Design Department (appointed Shia) had her name submitted for promotion to Grade 2 and was appointed head of the department.

- The Expropriation and Water Rights Department (acting Shia) had another Shia name submitted for promotion to Grade 2 and appointed as head of the department.

- The Technical Facility Department remained vacant after the retirement of Mr. George Rizk in February 2026. A Catholic candidate who previously held the Directorate position (despite being an architect) had her name submitted for promotion to Grade 2 and was appointed head of the department. However, she will retire in two years.

- The Groundwater Department was previously led by a Greek Orthodox appointee. A Shia name was submitted for promotion to Grade 2 and appointed as head of the department.

- The Lessons Department (Sunni appointee), abolished by Law 2000/247, remains in place.

- The Directorate (Catholic appointee) manages an administrative role. Her name was submitted for promotion to Grade 2 and she was appointed to the Technical Facilities Department. It remains unclear who will be appointed to the still-vacant position.

- Meanwhile, in the Directorate of Resources and Oil, no promotion proposal for two Christians was submitted, citing ongoing legal cases, yet a proposal was submitted for a female colleague with similar legal issues.

- However, in the Investment Directorate, work continues on promoting three Christian non-technical administrators.

4- Beirut Municipality:

- An employee from a specific sect was reinstated to his post despite ongoing criminal proceedings related to financial matters, while a Christian employee was not reinstated despite rulings from Lebanese oversight bodies halting enforcement of dismissal decisions.

5- Ministry of Agriculture:

- Decree No. 2660 dated March 26, 2026 (appointment of trainee agricultural technical assistants) includes candidates aged between 40 and 47 years—an obvious violation of established laws and regulations regarding age limits, and also allowing individuals who passed exams over two years ago to apply, opening the door to numerous claims for equality and entry into public jobs, contrary to the Civil Service Council’s stance demanding retention of exam results for only two years.

This pattern has also repeated in the Ministry of Justice.

This constitutes a dangerous precedent in undermining the Lebanese administration during this era, which we had hoped would build a strong state capable of fighting corruption and rooting out corrupt officials.

6- Ministry of Justice

Positions of Judicial Assistants: At a Council of Ministers meeting on February 26, 2026, agreement was reached despite objections from several ministers that more than two years had passed since the examination, giving the government discretion. However, it turned out that the elapsed time was actually very long—14 years—leaving us unaware of the current status of all candidates who participated. A decision was made to interview and assess each of the top 100 candidates based on ranking and qualifications. Yet, contrary to this, several judicial assistants who passed the 2013 exam were directly appointed.