Hizbullah Tried to Convince Jumblat of Revised Proportionality Law with Appealing Electorates
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Hizbullah has made overtures towards Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat in a bid to convince him of an electoral law based on proportional representation and a new, appealing distribution of electorates, but the Druze leader held on to his rejection of an electoral law based on proportional representation, which he believes is aimed at eliminating a major political camp, a National Struggle Front source said.
The PSP “was a pioneer in advocating proportional representation as a step towards reform, but it does not believe that raising it at the moment is aimed at improving the Lebanese electoral system, but rather at eliminating a rival Lebanese camp that has its weight in the Lebanese equation, in a manner that would increase threats to stability and national unity in the country,” the source quoted Jumblat as saying, in remarks published Sunday by the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.
“The common factor between the proposed electoral laws is that both of them are aimed at securing a parliamentary majority that is not dependent on the size of Jumblat's bloc, as those behind a proportional law based on 13-15 electorates expect that Hizbullah, the Free Patriotic Movement, AMAL Movement and their allies would win more than 70 seats – half of parliament plus at least six seats – not counting Jumblat's bloc, while those behind the proposal that is based on 50 small electorates and a winner-takes-all system expect the March 14 forces to win more than 75 seats, while also not counting Jumblat's bloc,” the source added.
The source wondered how would Lebanon benefit from stripping Jumblat of his centrist position between the two rival camps, “which has led to preserving the minimum of stability in the country and preventing any camp from triumphing over the other.”
“Both camps have tried to convince Jumblat of their viewpoints in order to win the support of his bloc during any vote on a new electoral law,” the source revealed.
07 October 2012, 10:50
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and... someone sould question, why should Jumblat be the one who decides how the country should be run. If he isallowed to push the balance of power to nhis own will ? WHY ? and is it reasonable to do so ? Some think rightfully that is another WRONG and should not be allowed.
07 October 2012, 12:40
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proportional law may be democratic but the big pb is that it doesn t give the gvt a big majority to govern and let place to negotiations between parties thus making the gvt unstable.
but with hezbos we know how it goes: they use the threat of their arms to convince anyone like jumblatt for example....as iranman said he doesn t give a damn to the results of elections!!!!!
07 October 2012, 16:36
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The crooks who represent the majority should have control , that is Democracy. Jumblatt is a minor player in real terms. He owes his position to his family's history, his power is artificial. Lebanon needs to secure it's energy supplies and airspace, you cannot do that with the presnt form of government. You need to change. Question: March 14 wants porportional representation in Syria, why not in Lebanon?
08 October 2012, 04:43
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In this photo, Jumblat looks constipated and ready to drop a fat and dumb Saad Hariri as one thick solid piece of fecal matter.
