Sami Gemayel: Hybrid Law Takes us back to the Past because it Does Not Offer Fair Representation
Phalange Party MP Sami Gemayel criticized on Tuesday the hybrid parliamentary electoral law, saying that it does not offer fair representation.
He said: “This law takes us back to the past because it does not offer just representation.”
He made his remarks after the meeting of a parliamentary subcommittee at parliament.
“We will not obstruct any consensus reached by the political powers over the law, but we will exercise our democratic right to reject it,” he added.
He was criticizing the hybrid law, which adopts the winner-takes-all system for the qada and proportional representation system for the governorate.
The parliamentary subcommittee met on Tuesday to set the stage for the resumption of discussions between rival lawmakers on the draft-law.
It will meet again on Thursday with discussions set to focus on the hybrid proposal.
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