Zahra Says 'Positive Discussions' with FPM on Hybrid Electoral Law
Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra revealed Sunday that there are “positive discussions” with the Free Patriotic Movement over a hybrid electoral law that mixes the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems.
“The LF believes that the Christian role should be restored through an electoral law that ensures correct representation,” Zahra said in a TV interview.
“The new electoral law must be on top of the agenda of the upcoming emergency legislation session,” he stressed.
“We are currently endorsing the hybrid draft law and we are seeing a glimpse of hope through combining the two draft laws to ensure proper representation and ex-PM (Saad) Hariri and Speaker (Nabih) Berri have expressed their willingness to cooperate,” Zahra added.
He also underlined that the LF cannot accept an electoral law that would turn Lebanon into a single electorate under a proportional representation system.
“It is true that there is mystery in the hybrid law but it is an attractive and positive mystery and there is nothing called a return to the 1960 law,” Zahra added.
“We are with holding the elections on time, but we have to voice a serious warning if (the electoral law) will lead to the previous outcome,” the lawmaker said, while emphasizing that “a president must be elected before organizing parliamentary elections.”
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