More than 600 Lebanese Ink Petition Rejecting Orthodox Proposal
Around 600 Lebanese citizens signed a petition that rejects the adoption of the so-called Orthodox Gathering draft-law during the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Lawmakers, Ministers, businessmen, journalists, academicians and activists signed the petition that will be handed over to President Michel Suleiman and the parliament.
The rival parties have so far failed to agree on an electoral draft-law after the leaders and representatives of the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces, the Phalange Party and the Marada Movement agreed to suspend the Orthodox Gathering proposal, leaving the door open for rival MPs to strike a deal on a new electoral draft-law.
The proposal, which had been severely rejected by centrist Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat's bloc, al-Mustaqbal movement, March 14 independent MPs, President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati, considers Lebanon a single district and allows each sect to vote for its own MPs under a proportional presentational system.
According to the campaign that was launched over the social networking website Facebook, it was signed by Jumblat, March 14 independent lawmaker Butros Harb, al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat and MP Marwan Hamadah.
The ministers include former ministers Nayla Mouawad, Adnan Kassar and several former lawmakers such as March 14 coalition general-secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid and Tripoli lawmaker Mesbah al-Ahdab.
The campaign's Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/PetitionOrthodoxe
or contact the campaign on: petition.orthodoxe@gmail.com
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