Lebanese Parties’ Stances on the Different Electoral Laws
I’m selfishly quoting myself from a post I wrote three weeks ago. The surprise: Now Berri is backing the Orthodox Gathering’s Law, and so is Hezbollah. The Christian parties, however, did not agree on it. Two things need to be carefully noticed: The Shia duo’s preemptive move that put the FM and its Christian allies in an awkward position, and the Christian parties’ failure to agree on a Law. (more…)
Lebanon’s Approximate Electoral Map According to 14 March Alliance’s proposal (The fifty districts)
PS: The District borders might be inaccurate (Especially in the North (Akkar) and Bekaa (Baalback))
You can check the draft law here
The Lebanese Forces, Phalangist Party and other Christian Opposition Parties proposed in the past few days an electoral Law dividing Lebanon to 50 separate electoral constituencies. The law has two important features: The high number of electoral districts (And thus the smaller sizes of the districts), and the winner-takes all system (Or majoritarian representation). I found it very similar to the 1960 law, except for the shape and number of constituencies. The constituencies aren’t exclusively administrative ones (more…)
In a country where a political compromise is always taken optimistically, where political agreements, unity governments and national dialogues are always considered beneficial even though they are most of the time useless, ineffective and unproductive, comes the latest invention: A consensual defensive strategy. This is a big step forward. But for many reasons, such a project shouldn’t cause so much enthusiasm. (more…)
The government is planning to equip the army with 1.6 Billion $ that will be paid over five years. 1.6 Billion $ looks like a big number. Divide this number on 60000, then divide it on five. You’ll get a bit more than 5333 $/soldier/Year, or 445$/Soldier/Month. That’s not a big number anymore.
Let’s start with the basics. A well-equipped soldier needs a good protecting uniform. He needs good weapons, and he needs enough ammunitions. He has a salary. He needs to eat, too. Is 445$ per month enough to give a soldier what he needs? (more…)
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The demonstrations and attacks in the Middle-East targeted the wrong people, judging the fact that the American government considered the movie to be disgusting and didn’t take part in its making. It’s basically like Nigerians attacking the American consulate because some racist man made a racist film. (more…)
The parliamentary elections are in less than 9 months, and still no sign of an electoral law.
It’s not as if nobody tried to make another law. There was the Orthodox Gathering’s one (Each Sect elects its representatives.), the government’s one (Proportionality in 13 mid-size constituencies), the Fouad Boutros committee’s Law (more…)
Yes, that was Nabih Berri speaking. The officials’ salary hike is expected to be 4 Millions L.L. for the MPs and Ministers, while the top leaders enjoy a wage rage of 6 Millions L.L. according to a law that is supposed to give a raise to the civil servants’ wages. Two small comments: (more…)
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