LF Denies Rejecting Bassil's 'Qualification Electoral System'

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The Lebanese Forces has denied rejecting the so-called qualification electoral system that has been proposed by Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil.

“Any talk of the LF rejecting the qualification system is incorrect and some parties are seeking to blame it for the rejection in order to use that as an excuse aimed at binning the proposal while avoiding a clash with the FPM and consequently the Christian popular base,” LF sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.

“The LF has made several remarks over this proposal and has clearly announced that taking them into consideration would push it to endorse it, especially that these reservations are aimed at improving the system's representative aspects in order to make it closer to equal power-sharing,” the sources added.

Bassil's format prevents voters from voting for candidates from other sects in the first round and divides Lebanon into 26 districts.

The second round involves a non-sectarian proportional representation system and 10 larger districts.

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