NAJI ABOU-KHALIL (National Bloc Party): Positions & Future Plans | Sarde (after dinner) Podcast #19

Naji works as a consultant and a researcher for several international organizations and think tanks on projects related to public sector reform in the MENA region. He joined the National Bloc in November 2018 as a member of the Executive Committee and has been notably in charge of coordination with other political movements since 17 October 2019. ناجي عمل كباحث ومستشار مع عدة منظمات دولية ومراكز أبحاث في مجال اصلاح القطاع العام في منطقة الشرق الاوسط. انضم الى الكتلة الوطنية في تشرين التاني ٢٠١٨ وقد تولى إدارة العلاقات والتنسيق مع باقي القوى السياسية منذ ١٧ تشرين ٢٠١٩ Follow Naji on social media: https://twitter.com/najiabouk?lang=en Check out National Bloc's website and Social Media https://en.nationalbloc.org/ https://www.facebook.com/Nationalbloc.lb/ https://www.instagram.com/nationalbloc_lb/?hl=en https://twitter.com/nationalbloc_lb?lang=en Social Sarde: Follow @sardeafterdinner https://www.instagram.com/sardeafterdinner https://www.facebook.com/sardeafterdinner Stream Sarde: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/sardeafterdinner Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3nBjBGW Anghami - https://play.anghami.com/album/1014749034Apple Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3kE9MGn Google Podcasts - https://bit.ly/2I6ndjS 00:00 | Happy Independence Day 01:27 | The history and demands of National Bloc Party since 1943 10:26 | Rejuvenating the 77 year old National Bloc Party 14:15 | The October 17 Revolution changed everything 20:16 | Why the Revolution doesn’t have one single party? 23:45 | National Bloc’s position on Hezbollah’s weapons 27:20 | National Bloc’s history surrounding the Banking Secrecy Act 29:58 | How can we move forward with the same electoral law? 38:50 | Change is coming and you can se it in universities 44:30 | Robert Fadel and Tripoli 46:05 | After what happened on August 4, we have the proof that politicians do not care about people’s lives. 51:04 | The urge to have an independent investigation for the Beirut Port 53:57 | Why Raymond Edde refused to meet Michel Aoun in the 90s 57:49 | Sanctions on Gebran Bassil 1:01:50 | The ruling class can’t stop the economic collapse and the financial crisis 1:04:25 | Will traditional parties be able to survive if their Leaders die? 1:08:59 | What can Lebanese people do from now until the elections?