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President Michel Aoun chairs Cabinet’s session on Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Baabda (Dalati & Nohra)

Lebanese Government Sets Elections Date, Appoints Supervisory Body

by Paula Astih | Sep 15, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut– Lebanon’s Cabinet formed Thursday an electoral body to prepare for next year’s parliamentary polls. The supervisory body “is a first step in the process of preparation for the elections and must be followed by other accelerated measures”, official sources told...

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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a session of the national dialogue, aimed at discussing ways out of a political crisis at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Berri Says Elections Should be Held Earlier than Scheduled

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 14, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri is calling for moving the date of parliamentary elections forward, by adopting practical measures and rehabilitating the existing electoral mechanism to match the new electoral law. The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), for its part,...

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Lebanese Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Ghassan Hasbani. (Dalati & Nohra)

Lebanese Deputy PM: We seek to Hold Parliamentary Polls before their Schedule

by Paula Astih | Jun 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Government and parliamentary workshops are expected to be held in Lebanon after the Eid al-Fitr holiday in line with the outcome of the consultative meeting, which was held last week at the Baabda Palace, in parallel with the preparations for the upcoming...

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Lebanese lawmakers meet in the Lebanese Parliament during a session to debate whether to extend their term 17 months, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday May 31, 2013. (AFP)

Lebanon: Christian Demands Take Electoral Law Dispute back to Square One

by Youssef Diab | Jun 9, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Differences over the details of the parliamentary electoral law that Lebanon has toiled over for years are threatening to erase the recent progress that was achieved by President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The latest...

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Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri holds talks with Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on June 2. (Dalati & Nohra)

Lebanon Minister Predicts 7 Months at Most to Prepare Parliamentary Polls

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 2, 2017 | Middle East

Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq presented on Friday Speaker Nabih Berri with a study prepared by his ministry and the United Nations over the timeframe needed to prepare for the parliamentary elections now that the dispute over the electoral law is...