LF, opposition MPs to appeal against municipal vote delay law
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized Wednesday the parliament and the government for postponing the municipal elections for up to a year and said that the LF and the opposition forces will file an appeal against the municipalities' term extension law.
Parliament on Tuesday had passed a law that extends municipalities' term for a second time, in a session boycotted by the Lebanese Forces, Kataeb, Tajaddod and Change MPs.
"Parliament could have convened to secure the needed funds for the elections, instead of convening for extending the municipalities' term," Geagea said, describing the session as a "farce" and dubbing it as "non-constitutional".
As for the government, Geagea criticized the government for failing to fund the elections while it managed to spend money from Lebanon's IMF Special Drawing Rights on the ministry of health and on other issues in its session Tuesday.
"The government and the MPs who attended yesterday's session are responsible of blocking the municipal elections," Geagea said.
In yesterday's session, Just 65 of Lebanon's 128 lawmakers attended.
Mikati's government and various major political groups in parliament, notably the Free Patriotic Movement, have accused each other of stalling the securing of funding and logistics that caused the vote delay.
“If you really didn't want to postpone municipal elections, why did you attend today's session and secure a quorum?” The prime minister said at parliament in a heated dispute with several parliamentarians.
Source: Naharnet
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