Bassil: We've Buried 1960 Law, Ended Vacuum and Crushed Extension Attempt

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Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil boasted Sunday that the FPM has “buried the 1960 electoral law, ended vacuum and crushed the attempt to extend parliament's term.”

“This is a victory for the FPM,” Bassil added from the Keserwan district.

“The FPM's founder has become the country's president and he has invoked his powers. We have witnessed that the president has the ability to use these powers, telling parliament that it has an extraordinary legislative session from June 7 to June 20 that is exclusively limited to devising an electoral law,” Bassil went on to say.

Turning to the law that the ruling political class has agreed on – proportional representation in 15 districts – Bassil said “it might not be the ideal law” but it allows Christians to “elect 50 out of 64 MPs instead of 31 under the 1960 law.”

“This is not a minor thing but it is not sufficient, that's why we will continue and fight because we want 64 out of 64,” the FPM chief added.

Separately, he said the members of the armed forces should be allowed to vote.

“Servicemen are not only supposed to die on the fronts and they have the right to vote. Some say that the voting of the army and security forces would be an interference in politics, as if they don't have an opinion in their homes and their minds. What's important is that they don't practice their viewpoint on the checkpoints or on the frontier,” Bassil said.

“Whether a serviceman supports the FPM or al-Mustaqbal Movement, whether he is Muslim or Christian, he is firing at Daesh (Islamic State group) and defending us against death and terrorism, and the least we can do is to grant them our votes,” Bassil added.

Comments 5
Thumb Zaghloul 04 June 2017, 20:03

Bassil: We've Buried 1960 Law

inshallah we bury you with it.

Thumb barrymore 04 June 2017, 21:20

lol

Missing telzaatar 05 June 2017, 05:38

Lol

Thumb Puppet 04 June 2017, 20:08

I have the utmost respect and admiration for Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil for boasting Sunday that the FPM has “buried the 1960 electoral law, ended vacuum and crushed the attempt to extend parliament's term.”

My respect for him is further justified for saying "“This is a victory for the FPM,”.

I also respect him for vehemently being against proportional representation and then being for proportional representation when 'pressed' by Sayyed Hassan Nassrallah and for becoming the 3rd Shia Force in the country.

Thumb thepatriot 05 June 2017, 06:30

Here we go... he cought his master's "divine victory" virus...