Hizbullah Delegation Meets Aoun: Orthodox Law Must Be First Article of next Parliament Session
A Hizbullah delegation held talks on Wednesday with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on the latest developments in Lebanon, most notably the parliamentary electoral law.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's political aide Hussein Khalil said after the meeting: “We hope that the Orthodox Gathering draft law will be the first article of the agenda of the next parliament session.”
The date and agenda of the session is up to the speaker, who is holding consultations with various political powers, he added.
Asked by reporters about the talks with Aoun, Khalil replied: “We cannot reveal the details of all that was discussed, but we set red lines that should not be crossed.”
The meeting addressed the parliamentary elections, resignation of the government, and the consultations to form a new one, he added.
Present at the meeting alongside Aoun and Khalil were caretaker Energy Minister Jebran Bassil and Hizbullah Liaison and Coordination Officer Wafiq Safa.
The Orthodox Gathering electoral law has been backed by the FPM, Phalange Party, Lebanese Forces, and Marada Movement, who all said it offered Christians in Lebanon best representation.
It has however been rejected by President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib Miqati, the Mustaqbal bloc, independent March 14 officials, and centrist Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, who deemed the law as fueling sectarian divisions in the country.
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