Contacts ongoing between Mustaqbal, PSP to Reach Agreement on New Electoral Law
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Efforts are ongoing between members of the March 14 camp and other political powers in Lebanon in order to reach an agreement over a new parliamentary electoral law, reported the daily An Nahar Saturday.
Head of the Mustaqbal bloc Fouad Saniora's circles told the daily that the discussions, which have been described as “positive”, included the bloc, March 14 figures, and the Progressive Socialist Party.
Media reports said Thursday that the March 14 opposition alliance and the PSP had agreed on a law that allows the elections to take place in 26 districts based on the winner-takes-all system and 9 governorates based on proportionality.
Informed political and Mustaqbal bloc sources told several newspapers that the hybrid formula will be announced within the coming days.
Under the deal, 70 lawmakers would be chosen through the winner-takes-all system and 58 through proportionality based on a division of 26 districts for the first system and 9 governorates for the second.
09 March 2013, 10:44
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I now believe that Lebanon cannot rule itself. It is too corrupt, too sick and has lost all sense of direction and reason. The country is sinking, yet our politicians have nothing else to do but argue from one electoral law to the other. I will once again suggest that Lebanon be handed over to the military for Military Rule, for at least ten years. Let all political parties be banned and let all politicians be placed under house arrest during all this period. Let the army confiscate all weapons from every single person, militias included. If this cannot be done, then let Lebanon be placed under international or UN jurisdiction for 10 years, that is if the international community still has any appetite for us. No easy options for the Lebanese, but as things are going, someday soon someone is going to take over this country, and voila, bon appetit.
