The death of Hassan Nasrallah shakes the Lebanese political scene

« My back is broken. » It is with these words that the President of Parliament, Nabih Berri, responds to a journalist questioning him about the void left by Hassan Nasrallah, killed by Israel on September 27. The scale of the means used to eliminate the secretary general of Hezbollah alone testifies to the political importance of the figure in Lebanon and beyond. « We have traveled together a long journey of 33 ans »continues Nabih Berri, who occupied the perch throughout this period where he embodies the institutional representation of the Shiite community in a system based on confessional sharing of power. Long confined to its military activities, particularly after its victory against Israel in 2000, Hezbollah chose, thanks to the Syrian military withdrawal from Lebanon in 2005, to enter the government. He became the dominant force. But as obvious as it was, this power was mainly exercised through…