Mustaqbal Says Hizbullah Wants Us to Choose One of Two Dilemmas
Al-Mustaqbal Movement has reportedly denied claims accusing the party of hampering an agreement on a new electoral law for the upcoming elections, al-Akhbar daily reported on Thursday.
“The party is not obstructing agreements on a new law for the polls. Hizbullah wants us to choose between proportionality and proportionality,” prominent Mustaqbal sources told the daily
“An agreement was reached in the four-party panel on a law proposed by (Foreign) Minister Jebran Bassil. Only a minor difference on one or two parliament seats needed to be settled, but we were surprised to see Hizbullah backtrack,” said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“Hizbullah can't make us choose between proportionality under one district and proportionality as suggested by Najib Miqati's government,” they added.
“We are not the ones obstructing. We had previously agreed on a one man multiple vote format and on a hybrid format, so no one accuse us of failing formats,” stressed the source.
On Wednesday, the Free Patriotic Movement has reportedly accused its partner in the presidential settlement, al-Mustaqbal Movement, of wasting time in the electoral law deliberations in order to postpone the parliamentary elections.
Source: Naharnet
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