جعجع عن "الاستطلاع الرئاسي": لا مشكلة فيه شرط أن يكون تحت سقف الدستور

The idea of a survey to gage popularity is foolish, cynical and idiotic to say the least, no wonder it was concocted by aoun, they are inherently and habitually inaccurate, as the latest elections in the UK, Turkey, Israel have shown; that is unless they are going to call and ask for every single Lebanese Christian's opinion.

A poll - to reflect the reality - must take into account the opinions of the Lebanese abroad. How are you going to do that????

So they agree to hold polls!! Why not elections, I was under the impression that elections reflect the winner as the 'most popular'!! Ridiculous.

No where in the U.S. constitution is there mention of political parties and the political apparatus of tje two principal political parties in the U.S. Yet, we have political parties, political primary elections, political conventions to win ballot access, etc.
So in Lebanon, why not this"survey"? It is, in effect, a presidential preferential primary, to determine the top two candidates whose nomination is presented to the electoral body, the Lebanese Parliament. This does not require an amendment to the Lebanese constitution, but adds process to the election.

Rather than a survey, why not call the people to cast their vote in a genuine primary election with the top two candidates names submitted to Parliament for a final vote. It is very democratic for Lebanon.

Man! This fake FT has an English as good as Tric Portugal! lol

It is just silly and dangerous to rely on such poll even if it is not constitutional .
First : no any poll can be objective as it is always manipulated through the questions and the choice of individuals
Second: this stupid poll is, mainly, choice between two polititicians who are definitely not the best educated and respected As compared to others.
Third : it gives the world the false opinion that we run out of honest and smart people
Fourth: no matter what the outcomes are the situation will be worse as supporter of either camps will stay stubborn with their opinion and maybe in a more divisive way ( just ask Frangieh)
Fifth : we have a parliament (even if it is not the best). We have a government. Stop considering us as sheep flock belonging to one or the other.
Go to the parliament like REAL men not kids and be voted democratically.
The majority of Lebanese are fed up
This stupid game is gone too far

@PEACE. This is not a bad idea at all to have a primary poll taken. Not a survey or an opinion poll, but a primary vote where all of the people of Lebanon can participate in a national primary election where all candidates put themselves before the people and the people vote. The top 2 or 3 candidates are then submitted for a vote by the Parliament as prescribed in the Constitution.

Here in the US there are 14 Republican candidates and at least 3 Democratic candidates for the US Presidency. If not for the party organization and the winnowing process of the primary campaign, the election in November 2016 would be chaotic. So the primary process tests the relative strengths of the candidates and only the strong survive and are submitted to Parliament. This also gives Parliament political cover among the people in that they are selecting from candidates that have been preselected by the people themselves.