Geagea: It is possible for Christians to agree on new electoral law

September 23, 2011 ⋅ 4:27 pm ⋅ Post a comment

Following a meeting held by the Christian Maronite leaders at the Bkirki Patriarchate, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told reporters that that “it is possible” for the country’s Christians to reach consensus on a new electoral law for the 2013 parliamentary elections adding the drafting of a new law “requires a lot of research.”

Geagea described the talks that were held at the Patriarchate as “good… [however] reaching an understanding on the issue ( electoral law) is not simple.”

Asked if the current electoral law is more suitable for the Lebanese Forces , Geagea said: ” Absolutely not”

The participants in the meeting which was chaired by Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai included Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh, Geagea and Phalange party leader Amin Gemayel.

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5 comments for “Geagea: It is possible for Christians to agree on new electoral law”

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Anonymous

“Asked if the current electoral law is more suitable for the Lebanese Forces ….”
There’s a reporter with a definite ‘slant’ and a propagandist, not a reporter. The idea is that ‘change’ will be good for ALLLLLL

Anonymous

alllll, as in the Lebanese Christians too, right?

Anonymous

Of course … all their sects too. Wouldn’t want it any other way.
Anonymous

i liked the comments of former minister Micheal Ma3louli about this issue. he was one of the ministers who was involved in making the Taif. one issue he raised which is logical was, that if we are going to change some laws we need national census. when we start to do national census, christians won’t like it. we cannot change one thing of Taif and leave another.
in the Taif accord, regardless of any census, we made it that the christians are always represented with 30 %… the president is to be rotated between the different sects and there are only 108 parliamentarial seats…the syrian regime expanded it to 128 to let his own “men’ in and then gave them total power through biased elections. the result, the patriotic politicians who really worked for lebanon as a country were removed while those who were put there by “him” managed to stay on and we see many of them in power now.

his interview on mtv is really an eye opener. it is still there on there website for the curious ones.
Anonymous

Antar, I’m all for census as long as all Lebanese are counted including us outside Lebanon. I believe the Christians will love it regardless of what this guy Ma3louli said,who is anyway!!. I strongly believe that the Taif accord is the cause of all our problems.

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