Trying to look at Lebanon’s latest government without cynicism is like trying to pass a Cabinet with no female or opposition representation off as progress. It may have taken more the best part of half a year to form, but Najib Mikati’s 30-strong administration looks like it could have been scribbled on the back of a cigarette paper, a list of no names and partisans that will struggle to implement the thousands of badly needed legal reforms crippling the country. It also appears as depressingly backward-facing. After having covered conference after conference on the need for electoral development – particularly the necessity of greater female representation in national and local government – it’s hard not to feel betrayed by the male-dominated line up. It’s…