LF, Change and Reform Blocs Hold onto Legislative Session Stance
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The Lebanese Forces reiterated on Thursday that the LF parliamentary bloc and the Change and Reform bloc would not attend a legislative session if their demands are not met.
LF MP George Adwan told An Nahar newspaper that his bloc insists on putting the draft-law on giving Lebanese expats the nationality and the electoral draft-law on the agenda of the session that Speaker Nabih Berri is planning to call for.
Both LF and Change and Reform MPs will not attend the session if those demands are not met, said Adwan.
The two blocs have been calling on adding the two-draft laws on the agenda despite Berri's rejection.
The Kataeb, another Christian bloc, has also said it would boycott the session because it believes the parliament should only meet to elect a new president.
Baabda Palace has been vacant since President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended a year ago.
An Nahar asked Adwan about a document of intentions that the LF and the Free Patriotic Movement seek to announce.
The document is almost ready. “There are some details that need to be dealt with,” he said.
The two parties have been holding talks, which are expected to lead to a meeting between rivals LF chief Samir Geagea and FPM leader MP Michel Aoun, who heads the Change and Reform bloc.
The two officials are presidential candidates and their rivalry is partly to be blamed for the vacuum at Baabda.
07 May 2015, 12:52
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At long last, unity of ranks are starting to produce results. This is what the Christian parties should have done ages ago, agree on the things they agree and seek to bridge the gap where they still have differences. Let them continue with their respective political manifestos but also have the ability to meet and sit and talk and trash out issues that affect them both. regarding the Diaspora voting right, Hezbollah and Amal are hostile to it and this because they know that in the diaspora we Christians are a lot more numerous than them, thus by legislating this bill, we will have the advantage in votes. Now if they vote for LF, or kataeb or FPM more, at least fair will be fair, but is is definitely high time for the expat vote to be legalized. Now this is One move in the right direction.
