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Mouawad Says 'Ferzli Law' Encourages Sectarian Conflicts, Threatens Lebanese Identity

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 09 January 2013, 18:58
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Independence Movement leader Michel Mouawad announced on Wednesday his rejection of the Orthodox Gathering's proposed electoral law, saluting President Michel Suleiman's critique of this “unconstitutional” suggestion.

“(Former Deputy Speaker) Elie Ferzli's law encourages sectarian conflicts in the country,” Mouawad said after meeting with Suleiman in Baabda, adding that adopting it will have severe consequences on the “Lebanese identity and on free Christian presence in the country”.

"Supporting the legal authority and sovereignty are requirements for safeguarding the Christian presence,” he stated.

On Sunday, the Christian four-party committee on the electoral law agreed to endorse the electoral system proposed by the so-called Orthodox Gathering, under which each sect would elect its own lawmakers.

The Independence leader expressed his support for the small electoral districts' draft law proposed by the March 14 opposition forces, explaining that it secures fair Christian representation without producing negative outcomes on the long-run or encouraging extremism.

March 14 Christians had reached an agreement with al-Mustaqbal on a plan to divide Lebanon into 50 small-sized districts based on a winner-takes-all system and referred it to parliament.

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Missing hitech 10 January 2013, 02:07

Absolutely right. Finally some reasonable Christian voices. The Orthodox Gathering law is a gift to Hizbullah and Iran, it's nothing but divide and conquer.

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Thumb jabalamel 10 January 2013, 12:09

the filthy zionist, who like sectarian laws more than others, try to present their sins as sins of our glorious resistance and iran.

sick as always

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Missing lqu7 10 January 2013, 11:13

This guys will say anything Saad pays him to say. The Orthodox law IS sectarian. But so is the 1960's law. And so is our Constitution. And so is the whole country's mentality. And so is the fact that Hariri controls a large portion of Christian MP's... So if you want to be non-sectarian, please do so, but not at the expense of Christians. Non-sectarianism should apply to all at once, otherwise if we are to retain our sectarian philosphy, the Orthodox Law is by far they fairest one.

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Missing mohammad_ca 10 January 2013, 12:15

and the most unconstitutional one.

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Thumb kesrweneh 10 January 2013, 14:24

Absolutely true. When the constitution says that the MPs should be 50/50 Christians and Muslims it's already a sectarian law and it reflects the country’s mentality. So why hide in hypocrisy, better face the truth: this is a sectarian country

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Thumb jabalamel 10 January 2013, 12:10

fairest one indeed, however bad on long term.

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Thumb kesrweneh 10 January 2013, 14:42

well Moawad has absolutely no say in that since he is not an MP and doesn't get to vote. however it's really sad when we see a poltitician from Zghorta selling the christians for 30 silver coins

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