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Baroud lists 4 scenarios that may take place in Lebanon

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baroud 0218Commenting on the Lebanese Parliament electoral subcommittee’s failure so far to reach consensus over an electoral law for use in te upcoming elections, former Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told LBCI on Saturday that one out of four scenarios may take place .

“The first scenario is holding the elections according to the 1960 electoral law, the second is reaching an agreement over a new electoral law which allows a technical delay for the elections, the third scenario is the political void which is the most dangerous, and the fourth scenario is the extension of the Parliament’s mandate which is an unconstitutional option,”

Baroud told LBCI that “the most important thing right now is finding a solution before May 31st in order to avoid holding an extraordinary session for the Parliament.”

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24 responses to “Baroud lists 4 scenarios that may take place in Lebanon”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Get out the candles … we’re searching for a solution, but are lost in the dark.

    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      i like this guy hes got self respect

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        And perhaps some logic, dateam. Note that he didn’t say the ‘constitution’ could not be ‘suspended’ until they finally figure out something better … and parliamentarians can still run a country under the ‘former mandate’ … if they wish to.
        (Considering how that 2008 ‘mandate’ of ‘the people’ finally turned out, something ‘unconstitutional’ isn’t much to get around, is it?)

        1. dateam Avatar
          dateam

          Do you know why he resigned when he did?

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I thought it was ‘in disgust’.
            Good old Wiki tells us this … and your instincts are right, dateam.

            Baroud was also credited with overseeing Lebanon’s best-managed round of elections to date in 2009, which he orchestrated in one day instead of the conventional four weekends, a record in Lebanese history.
            On 26 May 2011, Baroud resigned from office as minister of interior and municipalities in Saad Hariri’s government after an inter-party conflict developed between the Internal Security Forces and the Ministry of Telecommunications in Lebanon.
            Ziyad Baroud has been granted several awards to date. Other than the United Nations Public Service Award mentioned above, he was also the recipient of the 2010 International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award, which recognizes extraordinary efforts to advance electoral participation and democratic values.[4] Baroud is also the recipient of the distinction of the French Legion of Honor or Légion d’Honneur, the highest decoration in France, ranking him as Chevalier,[5] and of the Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit (Sp: Orden del Mérito Civil) rewarded for “extraordinary service for the benefit of Spain.

          2. dateam Avatar
            dateam

            In disgust at hariri for undermining his position.

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I think a larger disgust at the state of the whole government, but especially the fighting over control of what he probably feels should be readily available information when a governing body (the law) asks for it – the telephone records.
            Obviously he believes in a democratic system. He knows who won the elections. And then, who shut down the country, and doesn’t want freely open communications under the control ONLY of a central democratic government.
            (I could be wrong – Lebanon surprises us always …)
            Consider too that you are a young guy going places, with a family perhaps.
            What’s your choice if you risk a bomb by arguing rationality?

          4. dateam Avatar
            dateam

            5th you need to look at things more closely>>>he resigned because hariri tried to strip him control of the isf nameley rifi….What Baroud remembers most vividly during his last
            six months in office were his ongoing arguments with head of the Internal
            Security Forces, Major General Ashraf Rifi. Rifi, associated with the Hariri
            camp, was politically immune to attack. Arguing with Rifi was like arguing with
            former Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Civil servants belonging to the Future
            Movement quickly turned any confrontation into an attack on their sect, their
            movement, and the memory of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. The last stand was when there was a confrontation between isf and army over floor bewing used in a building for spying by the isf..the army moved in to dismantle it. Rifi refused ..baroud told him to stand down and then hariri went over baroud and sided with rifi.

          5. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Well then, dateam, there you go. Disgusting. Better to go work for Spain. :-))
            Was that when they also tried to burn the TV station? Or was that only a small part of the ‘spy-building’?
            Nevertheless, Baroud has to be happier out of the illogical bunch of ‘tops’.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Get out the candles … we’re searching for a solution, but are lost in the dark.

    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      i like this guy hes got self respect

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        And perhaps some logic, dateam. Note that he didn’t say the ‘constitution’ could not be ‘suspended’ until they finally figure out something better … and parliamentarians can still run a country under the ‘former mandate’ … if they wish to.
        (Considering how that 2008 ‘mandate’ of ‘the people’ finally turned out, something ‘unconstitutional’ isn’t much to get around, is it?)

        1. dateam Avatar
          dateam

          Do you know why he resigned when he did?

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I thought it was ‘in disgust’.

          2. dateam Avatar
            dateam

            In disgust at hariri for undermining his position.

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I think a larger disgust at the state of the whole government, but especially the fighting over control of what he probably feels should be readily available information when a governing body (the law) asks for it – the telephone records.
            Obviously he believes in a democratic system. He knows who won the elections. And then, who shut down the country, and doesn’t want freely open communications under the control of a central democratic government.

          4. dateam Avatar
            dateam

            5th you need to look at things more closely>>>he resigned because hariri tried to strip him control of the isf nameley rifi….What Baroud remembers most vividly during his last
            six months in office were his ongoing arguments with head of the Internal
            Security Forces, Major General Ashraf Rifi. Rifi, associated with the Hariri
            camp, was politically immune to attack. Arguing with Rifi was like arguing with
            former Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Civil servants belonging to the Future
            Movement quickly turned any confrontation into an attack on their sect, their
            movement, and the memory of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. The last stand was when there was a confrontation between isf and army over floor bewing used in a building for spying by the isf..the army moved in to dismantle it. Rifi refused ..baroud told him to stand down and then hariri went over baroud and sided with rifi.

          5. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Well then, dateam, there you go. Disgusting. Better to go work for Spain. :-))
            Was that when they also tried to burn the TV station? Or was that only a small part of the ‘spy-building’?
            Nevertheless, Baroud has to be happier out of the illogical bunch of ‘tops’.

  3. Prophettttt Avatar
    Prophettttt

    الوضع بلبنان بذكرني بواحد أخرس حكي لواحد أطرش إنو في واحد أعمى شاف واحد مكرسح عم يركض ورا واحد أصلع ليشدو بشعراتو.

    1. AntiFSA Avatar
      AntiFSA

      Hey Prophet, how are you, I hope all is well.

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        Thanks Anti,all is well here.I Hope all is well with you and yours.

  4. Prophettttt Avatar
    Prophettttt

    الوضع بلبنان بذكرني بواحد أخرس حكي لواحد أطرش إنو في واحد أعمى شاف واحد مكرسح عم يركض ورا واحد أصلع ليشدو بشعراتو.

    1. AntiFSA Avatar
      AntiFSA

      Hey Prophet, how are you, I hope all is well.

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        Thanks Anti,all is well here.I Hope all is well with you and yours.

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