The way they are carrying her up the stairs doesn’t look that safe to be honest
The ISF tweeted earlier today pictures showing officers carrying a woman in a wheelchair up the stairs in order to vote. It’s nice of them but elections sites, some if not all of them, should be wheelchair/walker accessible. All polling stations should be accessible for elderly individuals and people with disabilities as per the 220/2000 law, the 2007 Boutros Commission’s Draft Law25, the 25/2008 Electoral Law26, Enforcement Decree 2214/2009 and the 2010 draft law of Former Interior Minister Ziad Baroud.
Voting is one of our nation’s most fundamental rights and alternative means of voting should be provided in case no accessible location is available to serve as a polling place.
Unfortunately not all security forces were as friendly as those portrayed in the above picture.
Nadine from NewsRoomNomad wrote more on this matter.
Polling stations are not independent buildings just for polling they are public schools and the like and as much as I would love for them to be the price of making every one of them wheel chair accessible is huge. I think a more practical solution like making special handicap election stations in different areas would be better.
Lebanese official buildings have always lacked access to disabled people
Second , the isf onlyyyyy help people during elections