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Adwan Meets Hariri, Vows Stronger Efforts to Reach Electoral Law before June 19

Lebanese Forces deputy head MP George Adwan held talks with Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday and announced that efforts will be intensified in a bid to reach an agreement on a new electoral law before the expiry of parliament's term.

“We have several times stressed that we are against extension, vacuum and the 1960 law... None of us is willing to accept this or allow it to happen,” said Adwan after the meeting at the Grand Serail.

“Today we are required to make initiatives and we will make initiatives together so that we can have an electoral law before June 19,” Adwan added.

He noted that the initiatives and contacts “have not stopped” and “will be resumed as of tonight with a stronger frequency.”

“We will try to overcome every obstacle and we will not back down from any step that we can do and I emphasize that we have become very close to reaching a new electoral law, because the vast majority of parties have agreed to the electoral system that should be endorsed, which is proportional representation, and we only have to put rules and restraints for this system so that it can preserve fairness and correct representation,” the lawmaker added.

“We will try to dispel the pessimistic atmosphere that we witnessed over the past two days so that we can move forward, and this is what we have agreed on with PM Hariri and al-Mustaqbal Movement,” Adwan went on to say.

He added: “We will not accept a return to the 1960 law, vacuum or extension.”


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