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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. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon: Electoral Law Crisis Intensifies

by Youssef Diab | Apr 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanon’s electoral law crisis intensifies as various proposals submitted by Lebanese politicians have failed to please the different factions and groups. In light of the current deadlock, the country has two difficult options. The first is to extend the...

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Druze Sheikh Aql, Naeem Hassan, on Tuesday welcomed at the Druze House in Verdun Taymour Walid Jumblat (NNA)

Taymour Jumblat: Nobody Can Marginalize Us, With or Without Elections

by Thaer Abbas | Mar 4, 2017 | Interviews

Beirut – Taymour Jumblat, the son of Progressive Socialist Party Leader MP Walid Jumblat, is preparing to run for the upcoming parliamentary elections, topping a list of “veterans” and new young figures, as he says. The son of the Lebanese Druze leader asserts that he...

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President Michel Aoun (Reuters)

Lebanon: Deepening Disagreements over Electoral Law, Aoun Keen on Fulfilling Youth Aspirations

by Youssef Diab | Jan 27, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – While disagreements over the new electoral law deepened, a recently established quartet committee, formed of representatives from each of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Future Movement, Amal and Hezbollah, held its first meetings in an attempt to converge...

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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...