Charbel: Proportional Representation Law is Fairer
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Interior Minister Marwan Charbel rejected on Saturday criticism by certain parties on the adoption of proportional representation for the 2013 parliamentary elections, saying a draft-law proposed by him allows all sides to participate in the polls.
“All those who rejected the proportionality law are explaining it in accordance with their own wishes,” Charbel told Voice of al-Mada.
“This law allows everyone to participate in the elections and it is fairer and better than the (simple) majority (representation) law,” he said.
Despite his preferences, Charbel said he did not care “which electoral law would be adopted,” stressing that agreement on a single law was essential to inform the interior ministry at least six months before the scheduled elections so that it begins preparing for the polls.
Politicians close to Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat have said they would reject the proportional representation if it aims at diminishing his political influence.
But in remarks published in al-Akhbar daily on Friday, Jumblat denied he informed Prime Minister Najib Miqati that his National Struggle Front ministers would withdraw from the cabinet if it adopted an electoral law based on proportionality.
07 April 2012, 12:54
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Wow, moving from simple majority system to proportionality is a huge step.
I hope the studied all the possible problems that could occure. For example small parties getting 1% of the votes should get 1% of the seats. Or are they going to put up a threshold?
This could also leed to totally ineffective governments as we could end up seing a mosaic of different parties in the government.
..On the other side, the previous system did not prove so effective either so why not trying..
07 April 2012, 13:13
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... And Ali Baba Nasrallah's hoodlums will prevail because they outnumber just about everyone else... I wonder what's in it for Marwan Charbel...The presidency???
07 April 2012, 14:54
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As long as the Taif Accord remains the basis of the system, how you divide up the assigned (by ethnicity/religous affiliation) seats is irrelevant: rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic as it sinks.
07 April 2012, 14:59
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nisbieh in elections is a gateway for a secular country
and one more thing even parties in lebanon should be democratic ie their president should be elected for only one or two terms away from families and feodalism
god bless 10452
07 April 2012, 21:59
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In an unfair system, some people are over-represented and some are under-represented. The under-represented want to change to a fairer system. Those who are over-represented, oddly enough, never feel that the time is right for change.
08 April 2012, 00:47
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Democracy should apply to all posts.
How come the President has only one term, while the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the house/Head of the parliament have no term limits?
One side of the government is democratic while the 2 others sides are not. The issue should be seriously addressed as long as the 2 other branches share in the excutive powers.
08 April 2012, 12:29
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When governmental positions start being distributed according to merit and people's votes, rather than religious or political affiliation, wa2ta 7kuni bil nisbieh...
