2013 Parliamentary Polls: Opposition Fears Hizbullah’s Arms
A prominent opposition source voiced on Saturday a concern that the 2013 parliamentary elections may be threatened by Hizbullah’s arms that “are still obstructing any discussion over adopting proportional or majority rule representation in the parliamentary polls electoral law.”
MP Butros Harb told the daily An Nahar in remarks published on Saturday that he received complaints from Lebanese expatriates that the Lebanese government was stalling in taking the necessary measures to grant them the right to vote in the 2013 polls.
The MP recently returned to Lebanon from Australia.
“It’s as if the government doesn’t want expatriates to participate in the elections because the political trends outside the country lean towards establishing an independent and democratic Lebanon,” Harb added.
He therefore called on the government to adopt the law allowing expatriates to vote in the parliamentary elections before the deadline for its ratification.
The cabinet has until the end of 2012 to adopt the law.
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