Soaid: Lebanon is Being Shaped on Hizbullah's Terms
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
March 14 General Secretariat Coordinator Fares Soaid criticized on Friday a Hizbullah statement, which aforesaid that proportional representation in the upcoming elections is an “obligatory path for the state rise”, and said that the country is being shaped according to the terms of Hizbullah.
“The country is taking shape under Hizbullah's conditions. The party got what it wanted at the presidential level, and it will get what it wants at the governmental level and electoral levels. We might as well hand the whole country to Hizbullah,” Soaid told al-Joumhouria daily.
On Thursday, Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc announced that the proportional representation electoral system is an “obligatory path” for change and reform in Lebanon.
“What Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has proposed about endorsing an electoral law fully based on proportional representation in a single electorate or several large electorates is an obligatory path for the rise of a State that can achieve change and reform in the country,” said the bloc after its weekly meeting Thursday.
Soaid, a former MP noted: “The Free Patriotic Movement and other political parties will play along with Hizbullah in that regard. In that case, Lebanon will be formed in accordance with the will of Hizbullah -which will impose its condition on the (parliamentary) elections after it imposed its condition to elect a president- instead of in accordance with the constitution.
“Struggling to lift the Iranian domination off Lebanon is a joint national responsibility,” he emphasized.
Hizbullah has repeatedly called for an electoral law fully based on proportional representation but other political parties, especially al-Mustaqbal Movement, have rejected the proposal and argued that the party's controversial arsenal of arms would prevent serious competition in regions where the Iran-backed party is influential.
Mustaqbal, the Lebanese Forces and the Progressive Socialist Party have meanwhile proposed a hybrid electoral law that mixes the proportional representation and the winner-takes-all systems. Speaker Nabih Berri has also proposed a hybrid law.
The country has not voted for a parliament since 2009, with the legislature instead twice extending its own mandate.
The 2009 polls were held under an amended version of the 1960 electoral law and the next elections are scheduled for May 2017.
16 December 2016, 08:51
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Soaid: Lebanon is Being Shaped on Hizbullah's Terms
well yeah;) did you just wake up and learn this Fact?
16 December 2016, 09:41
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If that's the case then good, thing are finally going to get done. We tried decades of mustahbal terms, and in the end not even garbage was picked up.
16 December 2016, 12:13
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by we, you mean the shia iranians? still a good comment though even though your hizb was part of every government and had veto power;)
16 December 2016, 12:21
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It is not Mustakbal's fault if even Sukleen refused to pick you up.
16 December 2016, 10:40
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March 14 are always dramatic Queens.
Have we ever heard March 14 so anything else than whine?
We finally got through the political deadlock, yet they find new excuses for drama and national calmness.
Stressful March 14 people can never accept happiness.
16 December 2016, 13:21
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You are whining too texas, so I see where you got your inspiration.
Instead of just being happy, you keep on disturbing national dialogue and happiness with complaints.
First you wanted the Syrians out, you got them out. Now you want the Resistance out, next time you will want all people out and hand over Lebanon to either Da3ish or Israel maybe even both.
16 December 2016, 09:00
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Why does hezbollah need to use its weapons when it can change the culture, the norms, and the constitution by just waving its arms.?
Aoun was an obligatory path.... it happened.
Government of national unity was an obligatory path..... it's happening.
Cabinet of 30 ministers is an obligatory path...... it's happening.
New electoral law based on proportional representation.... it will happen.
16 December 2016, 09:43
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and..? that's proof that they dont need weapons, their political weight and public support and broad alliances are way more effective.
16 December 2016, 09:44
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the weapons, as you hypocrites know but pretend to ignore, are for those who come looking for a fight, wether israelis, takfiris, or overly confident hariri with his newborn militia in 2008
16 December 2016, 11:44
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listen to the irani troll " that's proof that they dont need weapons, their political weight and public support and broad alliances are way more effective."
how about if i invite you for dialogue, we both sit at a table; I put my gun at the table so you can see it and be aware of it. Do you think I will get my terms imposed on you ya troll?
We are sick of you and your propaganda and debating what is common knowledge all in the defense of your shia militia.
16 December 2016, 11:57
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I respect Mr. Mowaten because he knows what hezbollah's weapons are for contrary to what his bosses in Iran claim on a daily basis. It shows he has a mind of his own.
16 December 2016, 16:58
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"that's proof that they dont need weapons"
And that's proof Mowateh is a retard!
16 December 2016, 17:11
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"that's proof that they dont need weapons, their political weight and public support and broad alliances are way more effective."
sure just like khaddafi or saddam or assad...
16 December 2016, 09:33
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you prefer "Hezbollah General Secretariat mouthpiece"....LOL
16 December 2016, 15:54
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Without weapons, the filthy murdering militia will just be normal filth
16 December 2016, 16:54
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hezbollah has already taken the country hostage, so what's new?
16 December 2016, 17:10
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your bad language deserves you and makes you look like an idiot....
16 December 2016, 20:11
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Why do I picture this guy being shot or blown up really soon?
