Fate of Appeal against Electoral Law’s Amendments to be Settled Tomorrow

The Constitutional Council’s decision on how the parliamentary majority should be calculated will determine the fate of the appeal that had been filed against the electoral law’s amendments, informed sources said.

The sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Monday, that the Constitutional Council’s evaluation of the appeal is determined by the Council’s decision regarding how the parliamentary majority should have been calculated in the session in which the amendments to the electoral law were approved.

The Constitutional Council’s final decision is expected to be issued tomorrow.

The Strong Lebanon parliamentary bloc had filed last week before the Constitutional Council an appeal against an amendment to the electoral law that brought the parliamentary elections forward from May 8 to March 27.

The bloc’s MP Alain Aoun said that his bloc had presented to the Constitutional Council the reasons that necessitate repealing the electoral law’s amendments

Free Patriotic Movement head Jebran Bassil said that his bloc is keen on holding the elections on time and that the appeal is “against the amendments” and not against the entire electoral law.

Meanwhile Asharq al-Awsat newspaper learned from informed political sources that the Constitutional Council was equally divided in its meetings between those who support the appeal and those who are against it.