بري يتجه الى تقديم مشروع يمهد لمجلس الشيوخ بقانون النسبية

its about time

The problem remains with the weapons. If you and I are having a discussion and I have gun on the table (not pointed at you) then our discussions and decisions aren't going to equally weighted...

Who cares which election law is adopted if the same crooks will be at the helm. What we need badly and urgently is purging all current crooks, strengthen the army and the judiciary, tackling illegal arms and money, demarcate the border, tackle the $60 Billion deficit, confiscate stolen money from all the crooks (so called leaders) and many other more important things. Changing election Laws given the state the country is in is like polishing the brass when the house is on fire.

@flamethrower, the problem is not the law of proportionality, we are all with it, even hariri said so, but the only problem is that everybody had agreed to allow expatriates to vote from outside leb. And nothing has been done to allow them to do so. And foreign great minister Mansour back then said that he made studies about 90% of expatriates dont want to vote which is totally stupid and biased. The problem with the expatriates vote is that it will give back the christians more power because it is well known that most expatriates are christians. Hezbollah doesnt care anyway it doesnt need the state to rule Lebanon, Hariri can still get support, Jumblat is the only one who will fall badly on his face with this law because druze will be heavily outmatched in votes because he knows how much mouhajareen he kicked out Mount Lebanon will vote against him from outside.

This law thus will only benefit chiites if expatriates are not allowed to vote because they outnumber the sunni, druze and christians sects. This is why Sleiman is asking for an amendement to allow expats to vote. But its too late now, elections are coming up in a year and there is little time to equip all lebanese embassies around the world to allow expats to vote, because they must resubscribe as lebanese in the embassy first before voting and it takes time and investigations to see if information is true about their whereabouts. As usual , organisation isnt our strong point, and lack of effort and convictions destroyed, destroys and will destroy our country again in the future.

Sleiman has been president since 2009, and in his oath was the promise to allow expats to vote in 2013. Till now he hasnt done anything and now wakes up to call for the law to be amend it? i dont blame him, for not every man has the courage to stand against the will of many other powerful greedy men. This law is mainly an advantage to keep the christian presence in Lebanon. thats it thats all and everybody from other sects are against it because it will give back prerogatives to the president and keep the balance in the parliament and the governement.

But, as a Lebanese, only allowing me to achieve a certain level in politics depending on the population of my sect, sounds very sectarian. Ur only as important as the number of ppl in ur sect. We kno exactly which areas r gona vote for which politician, except for maybe how many supporters auon won/lost. The ppl have a sectarian mindset, this law will only make it worse.

But, as a Lebanese, only allowing me to achieve a certain level in politics depending on the population of my sect, sounds very sectarian. Ur only as important as the number of ppl in ur sect. We kno exactly which areas r gona vote for which politician, except for maybe how many supporters auon won/lost. The ppl have a sectarian mindset, this law will only make it worse.