Bassil: Parliament Must Conform to National Pact, FPM Sacrificing Seats to Avoid Extension
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil stressed Friday that respect for the 1943 National Pact must also involve parliament, not only the government, as he noted that the FPM is ready to “sacrifice” parliamentary seats in order to avoid another extension of parliament's term.
“The electoral law is the means through which the Lebanese take their rights and the specter of extension must be dispelled,” Bassil added during an FPM ceremony.
“We cannot believe that more than 20 proposed electoral laws have all failed to receive approval,” the FPM said, concluding that “some parties are seeking extension.”
“No to extension and yes to a new law,” he stressed.
Bassil also announced that the FPM is willing to “sacrifice seats” in order to avoid extension while emphasizing that it can never “sacrifice the National Pact.”
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