Aoun: No Victories, Defeats in Upcoming Elections
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربيةPresident Michel Aoun announced Monday that “there will be neither victories nor defeats” in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which will be held in May.
“The new electoral law will regulate political life in the country and there will be neither victories nor defeats in the elections, but rather a selection of a majority,” Aoun told a delegation from the Metn town of Roumieh.
“There might be confusion now because the parties and independent candidates do not know their real political weights, but they will eventually organize politically and choices will therefore become political rather than being based on individuals,” the president added.
He also noted that “political commitment” should govern the selection of electoral lists and that “the preferential vote should go to the person whom every citizen favors at the personal level.”
The May elections will be held under a complex proportional representation system for the first time in Lebanon's history.
Funny you don't hear him gripe anymore about the illegal parliament and usurped Christian rights.