Charbel: Christian Parties Nearing Deal on Proportional Representation
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The four major Christian political parties have neared an agreement on the division of districts in a new electoral law based on proportional representation, Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said.
The minister told al-Liwaa daily published on Friday that he has information that the Free Patriotic Movement, the Phalange party, the Lebanese Forces and Marada movement have almost completed their proposal on Charbel’s draft-law.
The four parties’ representatives have been holding meetings through a committee formed in Bkirki.
The cabinet is set to discuss the electoral law that will likely be adopted in the 2013 parliamentary elections during a session at Baabda palace on Monday.
An Nahar newspaper said that President Michel Suleiman is speeding up the adoption of the draft-law and its referral to parliament for approval.
According to Charbel, the draft is based on dividing the country into 14-16 medium size districts with the possibility of expansion or reduction of the size.
27 July 2012, 10:13
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if divided into 16 districts then hizbushaitan/amal will refuse it as they will loose.
27 July 2012, 11:07
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why 16 districts? the current law has 26...are we moving backward?
27 July 2012, 11:46
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Harriri would never accept, he will loose have his MP in aakar, tripoli, west bekaa,zahleh and beirut, while gaining nothing in return.
his coalition would have less then 25 MP. anyway let's hope for the best
27 July 2012, 13:22
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the1phoenix* All your comments are relevant ,you are not 1 sided .el hak hakk.
27 July 2012, 18:13
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Guys don't mind FloatingTurd his " brain " cannot process that the problem with proportional representation was the size of the districts with Berri and the Iranian terrorist militia calling for one large district so they can gobble the country whole . It's also hilarious how FallingTitts's ferociously bashing his own skull in doing the Ashura dance turned his brain into Jell-O and here on Naharnet there's always room for Jell-O™ .
