Expats may be allowed to vote at Beirut airport at start of summer

Given President Joseph Aoun's insistence on holding the parliamentary elections on time, sources have told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper that he is seeking a practical solution that would suspend the sixteenth electoral district, designated for expatriate representation with six seats, while allowing for a limited postponement of the elections until mid-summer.

According to this solution, expatriates would be able to vote upon their return to Lebanon, via temporary ballot boxes at Beirut’s airport, starting at the beginning of the summer holiday and without being bound by the official election date, the daily said.