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Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri strikes his gavel at the end of a parliamentary session in parliament in Beirut, May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Amal Movement: Parliamentary Vacuum would Overthrow the Republic

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanon’s Amal Movement, which is headed by Speaker Nabih Berri, has described the ongoing failure to agree on a parliamentary electoral law as “the most dangerous crisis that is currently hitting the country.” Allowing for a parliamentary vacuum would lead...

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Manuel Valls speaks with then economy minister Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, April 8, 2015. (Reuters)

Ex-PM Valls Must Join Macron’s Party if he Wants to Run under its Banner in Polls

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 10, 2017 | World

Socialist former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was informed that he must join President-elect Emmanuel Macron’s En March! Party if he wants to run under its banner in June’s parliamentary elections. “As of today, he (Valls) does not fit the criteria that...

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Lebanon’s Druze leader Walid Jumblat (2nd R) and Druze Highest Sheikh al-Aql Naim Hassan (2nd L) accept condolences for the death of Druze Sheikh Wahid al-Balous, a leader of the minority Druze community in Syria, at the House of the Druze Community in Beirut, Lebanon, September 10, 2015. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

Lebanon: Jumblat Rejects all Electoral Laws that Threaten Druze Representation

by Youssef Diab | Jan 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – As the date of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections approaches, chances to agree on a new electoral law are waning, as each political party is seeking to have a law that would be tailored according to its interests. Despite a variety of draft-laws referred to...

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Jordan’s King Abdullah (C) arrives for the ceremony of reopening the Martyrs’ Memorial and Museum in Amman, Jordan, December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Cabinet Amendments in Jordan

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Jan 16, 2017 | Middle East

Oman- Jordanian King Abdullah II approved, Sunday, a reshuffle of Prime Minister Hani Mulki cabinet, according to the Jordanian Royal Palace. Eight ministers were excluded from the cabinet: Salameh Hammad, Rami Wreikat, Fawaz Irshaidat, Yusuf Mansur, Bishr...

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Shorter visits Berri, confirms UK readiness to continue assisting Lebanon (NNA)

Jumblat Advocates 1960 Electoral Law, Berri Warns of Time Constraints

by Paula Astih | Jan 12, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Efforts to draft a parliamentary electoral law have seen new developments, as the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) announced on Wednesday its support to the adoption of the 1960 law, shifting from its previous stance on a hybrid law that combines both the...