Mustaqbal Announces Electoral Law Proposal Based on Hariri's Initiative
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The Mustaqbal bloc announced on Monday an electoral draft law based on former Prime Minister Saad Hariri's recent initiative.
“We presented to parliament an electoral draft law that tackles the concerns of Christians over fair representation,” MP Ahmed Fatfat said during a press conference at parliament.
The draft law is based on 26 electoral districts as had been adopted in the last elections held in 2009.
No more than five candidates can run in a single district, the largest of which will include an entire Qada, he added.
“This is a complete proposal aimed at reforming Lebanon's political base,” Fatfat said.
“This law is open to discussion and amendments,” the MP stated.
Hariri called for a small-district law for this year’s parliamentary elections and the establishment of a senate representing all religions and sects as stipulated by the Taef agreement.
An electoral subcommittee has been studying for the past few weeks various draft law proposals and it is set to continue its discussions on Monday.
It will mainly focus on a draft law that combines the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems.
04 February 2013, 09:08
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That is the closest proposal we have to the Taef. The probability of it passing is next to nil. While it is the most that christians can get, the general will kill it to spite al mustaqbal and hariri.
04 February 2013, 16:47
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For the record, I am not an m14. When approached to help open an al-mustaqbal branch, I refused. When I was offered to fly to leb to vote in last election, I refused.
04 February 2013, 16:53
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However, my positions lean these days more toward m14 because I believe the m4 constitute a real and present danger to lebanon. If I am to vote my conscience, I would likely vote for ahdeb or edde. At first, I supported the General but as he continud his sectarian attacks and became stranger, many people including myself stopped supporting him.
04 February 2013, 18:01
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The_roar: lying is not something I am accused of. Reading minds is not something that has been invented yet. Have some shame to accuse people without proof. Just because you have none, it does not mean that others have no honor. Everything I said is true and the offer was made in vancouver when the m14 had a free lunch for the community and asked people to fill in a form if they are interested in going to lebanon to vote.
04 February 2013, 19:06
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The_roar: it is your choice to believe what you want. There are many in the christian communities and the sunni community who used to support the General. They no longer do because of his political choices (his right), attacks on sunni community (not his right) and outright weirdness these days. Most sunnis used to like and many used ti love the General. Sunni soldiers and officers served under hin to the end and many died and those captured ended up tortured (and some killed) in syrian mukabarat prisons. Their families hate him now and his choices.
04 February 2013, 20:34
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I do not care if one knows arabic well or not or if one is good looking or not. They are moderate and present ideas that are fit for a pluralistic democratic state. It does not mean that I like everything they say or that they will not change their rhetoric. After all, this is lebanon. You may think my choices are weired. I consider weired the blind attachement to leaders in m8 or m14 (or any other).
04 February 2013, 11:40
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the rightfull christian representation is a constant and a must whatever the law isgod bless lebanon
+ oua nabka +
04 February 2013, 15:41
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Will we get 17 sects represented? There's much more than Xian and Moslem to Lebanon.
04 February 2013, 23:33
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one can respond by telling you that anything that comes from Shia comes from the hub of terrorism in Teheran. Your remark leads to nowhere. Sunni in Lebanon are just as the other communities they would like to live in peace, stability and prosperity and they know they have to do it living side by side next to the other communities. Please tell us what what are the threat that the Sunni community has shown towards the christians or other communities?
04 February 2013, 23:40
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karim, since 2006 the hate against the sunni community has increased among m8 and sas been especially fueled up by Aoun.
Yet the sunni community has done nothing wrong in that time against the other communities or against the existence of lebanon. the sunni bashing has increased in line with the regional tensions where by the Iran/syrian/shiite axis has polarized the rift between the shiia and sunni communities.
As always, we in lebanon have imported this rift and are now having sunni/shia fight while there is no real substance to it. The sunni community is accused of wahhabi terrorism while nothing can really substantiate this.
