Change and Reform Says Polls in Fall under 'Proportional Law with Restraints'

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The parliamentary elections will be held in the fall under a proportional representation electoral system with “some restraints,” ex-justice minister and Change and Reform bloc member Shakib Qortbawi has said.

“The presidency has a clear vision: the same as the struggle was successful in the presidential elections and the representative of Christians was elected by near-unanimity, correct representation in the parliamentary elections will be achieved soon,” Qortbawi told Kuwait's al-Anbaa newspaper in remarks published Friday.

“There is a major national consensus on proportional representation with some restraints because only such a law would achieve correct representation,” the former minister added.

“After the president used his constitutional powers to suspend parliament's convention, the Lebanese became convinced that any extension is not possible,” Qortbawi explained.

And noting that President Michel Aoun “will not let Lebanon plunge into vacuum after June 20,” the Change and Reform member said “the eleventh-hour efforts will produce a new law and there will be no vacuum at all.”

“I'm confident that a new law will be passed according to proportional representation with some restraints before June 20 and the elections will be held in the fall,” Qortbawi went on to say.

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