Sami Gemayel Rejects Electoral Law, Says Won't Pass in Parliament
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MP Sami Gemayel, Phalange Party’s Central Committee Coordinator, on Wednesday voiced rejection of the draft electoral law adopted by the cabinet, saying it was tailored to serve the electoral interests of the ruling coalition and stressing that “it will not pass in parliament.”
“We were clear in the Bkirki committee and we were working on two laws: the first, which we favor, was a law based on small electorates comprising two to three MPs, and we were putting the final touches, and the second option was the choice of proportional representation but with electorates other than those proposed by cabinet,” Gemayel said in an interview with MTV.
Therefore, “we reject the law issued yesterday,” added Gemayel.
The cabinet on Tuesday approved an electoral law based on proportional representation and 13 electorates.
Gemayel rejected remarks that the Phalange Party and the Lebanese Forces will be obliged to stand by their ally Mustaqbal Movement in rejecting the law although it serves their interests, noting that “Mustaqbal Movement has interests in other electorates, but not in Metn and Baabda, nor in Byblos, Keserwan and Beirut, particularly its first district, because the problem is with us.”
The lawmaker called on the Free Patriotic Movement to “shoulder its responsibilities concerning what we agreed on in the Bkirki committee, as it cannot disregard what we worked on for six months as if it never happened.”
“There must be credibility and efforts,” added Gemayel.
08 August 2012, 23:14
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This young intelligent sophisticated gentleman should be the next president. He has Lebanon for all Lebanese at heart.
09 August 2012, 00:55
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I am tired of this constant mentions of wahibi this and farsi that, like if all lebanese are nothing but a bunch of stupid followers. One might have symphaty to KSA or Iran or USA, but to say that cheikh sami, still ideological and wet behind the ears is a wahabi puppet is pushing it...
09 August 2012, 09:48
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Karim, what are you smoking???
If it was not for the Kataeb you would be living in Canada today in a tent and this website would not even exist...
09 August 2012, 00:14
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including shiite votes in the christian districts is aimed at saving the general
09 August 2012, 00:32
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Its a free world and i respect your opinion but it doesnt mean i agree with it. You point one political party on planet earth which is not bankrolled by a country or some organization or the other.
09 August 2012, 07:01
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Karim reminds me of jabal amel... you guys remember this crazy??
10 August 2012, 07:41
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I would say his vocabulary resumes to "wahabi" this & "wahabi" that...
09 August 2012, 08:22
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this law is so twisted that it does 2 things:
- thwart its main purpose which is the minorities vote representation
- kill the expat vote
this is not at all what was agreed upon in Taef accord, rather it is a twisted version that keeps the shell and empties the inside to thwart its intended meaning, and all that to suit hizbushaitan and fpm who are initially traitors to Lebanon to allow them to keep power.
this plan will fail.
09 August 2012, 11:49
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as usual KAtaeb and LF are not able to oppose HArriri and the wahabis! this is a law that would give them about 14 potential MP's but they still prefer to gove them away to Harriri in exchange of some green's they did the same in Ashrafieh (4/5 MP's, in Zahleh 2/7 MP's, in Koura 2/3 MP's) etc so basically LF and Kataeb are selling the christians (again) for 30 silvr coins
09 August 2012, 16:40
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"Absolute power corrupts absolutely", our evil overlords the Party of Terror and Intimidation, will do, say, bomb, threaten, cheat, lie, fabricate, explain, justify, rationalize, kill, and deceive everyone and anyone to keep its power and hegemony over the rest of us.
