In Lebanon’s post-war parliament, seats are widely distributed among the various confessional communities, so that none feels excluded or fears losing political representation if it loses numerical superiority. In the executive branch, the council of ministers is balanced among Christians and Muslims in order to encourage, indeed force, cooperation and to avoid the risk of domination the fear of oppression by one group.
黎巴嫩的战后议会席位被广泛分配给各大教派，因此就算失去人数上的优势，也没有教派会担心被排挤或害怕失去政治代表的权利。在行政机构中，为了鼓励、事实上是强制多方合作并避免独权专治带来的风险以及对独教掌权镇压的恐惧，部长理事会由基督教徒和穆斯林派的双方力量平衡组成。