Berri withdrew his electoral law proposal

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berri parliament 041712Lebanon Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri withdrew his electoral law proposal during the electoral sub-committee’s meeting on Thursday after it was rejected by the Future Movement, National News Agency reported.

The mixed electoral law presented by Berri called for 50% of the parliament to be elected according to the Orthodox proposal and 50% according to according to the 1960 electoral law.

Future bloc representative at the meeting MP Ahmad Fatfat rejected Berri’s proposal, while OTV said that Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah MPs approved it.

Meanwhile, LBC television reported that the Phalange party was leaning towards accepting Berri’s proposal.

Fatfat explained: “This proposal is not balanced: It gives 65 MPs to March 8 and 53 to March 14 and 6 guaranteed MPs for the Progressive Socialist Party, and the remaining 4 are unknown.”

“We refuse the Orthodox proposal and the 1960 law, therefore they cannot be mixed,” he added.

After these remarks, Berri withdrew his proposal and adjourned the meeting until 7:30 p.m.

As the day drew to a close, Berri adjourned the sub-committee’s meetings again until Friday at 1 p.m.

MPs also said following the meeting that the parliament will meet on Saturday at 10 a.m. instead of Friday evening.

The parliament was set on Wednesday to meet to tackle what law to adopt for the upcoming elections, but Speaker Nabih Berri postponed the session after the Lebanese Forces, Progressive Socialist Party, Future Movement and independent Christian MPs proposed a mixed electoral law as an alternative to the Orthodox one, which was the only item on the parliament session’s agenda.

If the parliament fails to agree on a new electoral law by a May 19 deadline, the 1960 law that governed the 2009 parliamentary vote would go into effect for the upcoming elections scheduled for June 16.

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24 responses to “Berri withdrew his electoral law proposal”

  1. Beiruti Avatar
    Beiruti

    Nobody killed this loonie yet?

    1. RealLebanese Avatar
      RealLebanese

      khrass ya jardon

      1. Beiruti Avatar
        Beiruti

        Go back to your village, you are a ‘Real Lebanese’ peasant.

        1. Patience2 Avatar
          Patience2

          Do you mean his tent (with the hot, running water AND the T.V.?)

  2. Beiruti Avatar
    Beiruti

    Nobody killed this loonie yet?

    1. RealLebanese Avatar
      RealLebanese

      khrass ya jardon

      1. Beiruti Avatar
        Beiruti

        Go back to your village, you are a ‘Real Lebanese’ peasant.

        1. Patience2 Avatar
          Patience2

          Do you mean his tent (with the hot, running water AND the T.V.?)

  3. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    Hey Fatfat, you refuse this and you refuse that. Guess what buddy we refuse to be represented by MPs elected by your people hump.

    1. MekensehParty Avatar
      MekensehParty

      Right on!!! We want to be represented by MPs voted in by Hezbollah people!!!

      1. Patience2 Avatar
        Patience2

        Your sickness MAY be incurable!

        1. RealLebanese Avatar
          RealLebanese

          we thought there was one hakim (geagea) now we see many on this blog; so tell us what is your diagnosis, what are your diagnostic tools, what is your treatment; wallak jarrastna, ma ken a7sanlak law sakatet; now your buzzing will return back to you

          1. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            @yalibnan
            You guys banned this lunatic before… He attacks people at random without any provocations. Will you please pull the plug on it? (him not used purposely in here)

          2. master09 Avatar
            master09

            Get a life that’s all I can suggest to you.You call people little man I also suggest an xtension. Also some sunlight would be nice…
            But I also cant understand why people waste time replying to some of the crap you write…

          3. Leborigine Avatar
            Leborigine

            Hehehe, it is only experimental master. Recent studies have shown that donkey pooh and anything lower than that are starting to react to humiliation and abuse. Whereas in the past they have been dormant. This thing called syriansyphils, aka. reallebanese is proving that theory to be correct. It is also showing new results, the more insults it receives, the lower and scummier it becomes.

          4. mohallel Avatar
            mohallel

            assalamou aleycum

  4. libnan1 Avatar
    libnan1

    Hey Fatfat, you refuse this and you refuse that. Guess what buddy we refuse to be represented by MPs elected by your people hump.

    1. MekensehParty Avatar
      MekensehParty

      Right on!!! We want to be represented by MPs voted in by Hezbollah people!!!

      1. Patience2 Avatar
        Patience2

        Your sickness MAY be incurable!

        1. RealLebanese Avatar
          RealLebanese

          we thought there was one hakim (geagea) now we see many on this blog; so tell us what is your diagnosis, what are your diagnostic tools, what is your treatment; wallak jarrastna, ma ken a7sanlak law sakatet; now your buzzing will return back to you

          1. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            @yalibnan
            You guys banned this lunatic before… He attacks people at random without any provocations. Will you please pull the plug on it? (him not used purposely in here)

          2. master09 Avatar
            master09

            Get a life that’s all I can suggest to you.You call people little man I also suggest an xtension. Also some sunlight would be nice…
            But I also cant understand why people waste time replying to some of the crap you write…

          3. Leborigine Avatar
            Leborigine

            Hehehe, it is only experimental master. Recent studies have shown that donkey pooh and anything lower than that are starting to react to humiliation and abuse. Whereas in the past they have been dormant. This thing called syriansyphils, aka. reallebanese is proving that theory to be correct. It is also showing new results, the more insults it receives, the lower and scummier it becomes.

          4. mohallel Avatar
            mohallel

            assalamou aleycum

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