FPM submits electoral law based on 'Orthodox law' with 'additions'
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Monday on the X platform that the FPM has submitted “a draft electoral law based on the Orthodox (Gathering) law with additions,” referring to a controversial 2013 proposal that calls for each sect to elect its own MPs under a proportional representation system based on a nationwide district.
“This is how the debate should start: respecting the National Pact,” Bassil added.
“Either a sectarian system with actual and not superficial equal power-sharing or a fully secular system for all aspects of common life,” the FPM chief went on to say.
“Abolishing political sectarianism alone is an abolishment of Lebanon. This is the Taif Agreement -- implement it in full along with decentralization,” Bassil added.
Bassil’s remarks come after the parliamentary committees on Monday started discussing a number of proposed electoral laws.
The Amal Movement has proposed a bill amending the current electoral law to include two instead of one preferential vote, a move seen by Christian parties as an attempt to favor sects who have bigger numbers of voters.
Source: Naharnet
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