Geagea Suggests Cabinet Vote on Proportional Representation
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday called for a vote in Cabinet on the proportional representation electoral system.
“Unfortunately, today we are facing a host of bad options: extension (of parliament's term), which is rejected and would deal a blow to the new presidential tenure; the 1960 law which would be considered a failure for the new presidential tenure..., or vacuum which is rejected by everyone,” Geagea said.
He was speaking during a Maarab ceremony to announce the candidacy of LF member Antoine Habshi for the Baalbek-Hermel Maronite parliamentary seat.
Geagea added that a “simple solution” would be to vote in Cabinet on the electoral law.
“The most important thing is political stability. For example we can tackle the full proportional representation law that has been proposed by the other camp, on the condition that we vote on its details in Cabinet. This is the only solution left,” the LF leader said.
23 May 2017, 21:07
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Geagea Rejects Proportional Representation
Turning to the issue of the electoral law, the LF leader said his party rejects a law fully based on the proportional representation system.
“Regardless of whether it is based on Lebanon as a single electorate or on 13 or 15 electorates, it is equivalent to numerical democracy, which contradicts with the spirit of the Taef Accord, the National Pact and coexistence in Lebanon,” Geagea warned.
“We are rejecting proportional representation based on this explanation... The objective behind promoting a law fully based on proportional representation is the implementation of a veiled numerical democracy,” he cautioned
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