Report: Berri Rejected LF, FPM Proposal to Set Electoral Law as Last Article of Legislative Session Agenda
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The Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement had proposed to Speaker Nabih Berri placing the parliamentary electoral draft-law as the last article of the upcoming legislative session agenda, but the speaker had rejected it, revealed al-Mustaqbal daily on Wednesday.
Berri explained that including the article would lead to the “suspension of the entire legislative process” due to the disputes that would arise.
LF MP George Adwan and FPM MP Ibrahim Kanaan had requested that the article be included as the last article of Thursday's legislative meeting, parliamentary sources told al-Mustaqbal.
Legislative sessions are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
The most that Berri could offer the LF and FPM is the announcement of the formation of a committee that would study the parliamentary electoral law, continued the sources.
The speaker will unveil the committee during the legislative session, they explained.
Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told al-Mustaqbal that the LF and FPM are better off agreeing on an electoral law and proposing it before a specialized committee.
Once the committee completes studying it, a legislative session will be scheduled to discuss it, he explained.
“The electoral law is the most difficult issue at hand and we should not deal lightly with it,” stressed Khalil, who is also Berri's advisor.
“Tomorrow's session will be held and postponing it is out of the question,” he declared.
Media reports on Wednesday had spoken of the possibility of postponing the meeting over the tensions between the Christian parties boycotting the session and political blocs that are attending it.
The Christian blocs of the LF and FPM will not attend the session over the failure to include the electoral draft-law on the agenda.
The Kataeb Party will not attend the talks due to the ongoing presidential vacuum.
The dispute over the electoral law dates back to 2013 when the political parties failed to agree on a new one, resulting in parliament extending its own term and postponing the elections.
Parliament again extended its term last year over the same dispute.
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11 November 2015, 08:51
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Israel, Hezbollah, and General Aoun are the only 3 countries working for a representative electoral law at the moment.... the rest pfffft.
11 November 2015, 09:24
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“The electoral law is the most difficult issue at hand and we should not deal lightly with it,” stressed Khalil, who is also Berri's advisor.
-- Of course it's the most difficult issue. You're all trying to come up with schemes to keep yourselves in office!
11 November 2015, 09:40
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they do not want at least talk about electoral law!! coz it will indeed show their exact popularity! the good thing Berri did is waking up the giant Christian so thumbs up :)
this electoral law is a transitional path to civil government that we all want, we feel ashamed in 2015 to count how many muslim n christian! so ignorant!!! look Canada with their Trudeau where they have reached!!!!
11 November 2015, 11:16
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look canada? do you know what you are talking about? what is the similarity between canada and lebanon? you should say look somalia!
11 November 2015, 12:51
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well Lebanese level is much more higher than Canada FYI we are the country of poets, fine arts, .. few are ruing us filled our streets with garbage only the fair electoral law would ruin them !! so this fight now is for Lebanon the poet!!! I don't mind who leads for this goal el Hakim or GMA will follow him
11 November 2015, 13:37
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@sophie Lebanese level is much higher than Canada. funny how we keep claiming we are better than others when actually we fall amongst the lowest levels there is.
11 November 2015, 14:03
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@dutch There's a difference between national pride and dillusios. if we keep saying we the best and such then we will barely have a hunger to improve. we have no nationalism in Lebanon considering how all our parties are based along sectarian lines. admiting our flaws and taking the responsibility ourselfs instead of blaming foreign nations is the first step. why do we blame outside nations if we the lebanese are sooo willing to do their bidding?
11 November 2015, 14:06
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correction disllusion*. if someone keeps saying he has the best house then he won't have hunger to do home renovations. if someone says he has the highest level job again he won't improve. lets accept reality and realize to what lows we have allowed our country to reach and take responsibility for ourselves and start towards fixing it in a true nationalist way
11 November 2015, 14:55
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@sahyouni.... "lebanese level is MUCH higher than Canada". saying we have much higher level than one of the best countries in quality of life is saying we the best. this isn't national pride it's crazy denial lol. and why are you offended? you disagree that we need to work on ourselves and our beloved country??? pfffff
