Geagea to Berri: Any Call for Majoritarian Democracy Blows Up Lebanese Formula
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Thursday hit back at Speaker Nabih Berri over remarks the latter voiced during an emergency parliament session.
"Any call for majoritarian rule, even a veiled one, would blow up the Lebanese formula and the National Pact. We have enough problems and crises and we should not add to them a problem that is nonexistent at the moment,” Geagea tweeted.
Commenting on Berri’s remarks about “a conspiracy for resignations from parliament,” Geagea said: “That wasn’t a conspiracy but rather practicing of a a natural democratic right.”
“Only early parliamentary elections can save us from the current situation,” Geagea went on to say.
Berri had earlier in the day called for “an electoral law without regional or sectarian barriers.”
13 August 2020, 20:18
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Majority rule is the only formula for a stable government. However, it only makes sense if the government controls the military; otherwise Lebanon will continue to have a government controlled by a "strong man" so who gets elected is much less relevant.
13 August 2020, 20:43
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As long as they think in terms of religion, this country is doomed.Any Lebanese Druze, Jew, Christian or Moslem with the right qualifications should have the right to have any position in the country. And as long as this is not the case, Lebanon will remain retarded.
13 August 2020, 21:42
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Dudes.. the French's biggest mistake in Lebanon was.. constructing the Parliament building around Nabih Berri... And they were warned he'd never leave!..
13 August 2020, 22:11
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Institute separation of Church/Mosque and State in the heart of our constitution, else we're doomed Christians and Moslems.
13 August 2020, 23:22
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Who are these "CRISTHIANS" ?!?!?! Can somebody tell me WHO they are?!?!?!
14 August 2020, 03:25
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Only one solution saves this miserable place.
Divide the country
Mount Lebanon and keserwen to real Christian believers
Rest including orange trees to the Muslims and let them form their greater Palestinian state ))))))
If you read a bit of history and with a little IQ you will see this is the only logical solution.
14 August 2020, 09:23
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On one hand we say we want to eliminate sectarianism and then we say we want to keep sectarianism. stupid bipolar people. Either you are with sectarianism or against sectarianism, there is no in between.
