President Michel Aoun said Monday his visit to Saudi Arabia was aimed at improving Lebanese-Saudi ties strained by the upheavals in some Arab countries, and expanding cooperation between the two countries in all fields
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Mashnouq: Electoral Law Needs a Month, Proportional Representation Part of It
Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq announced Monday that Lebanon will have a new electoral law within a month, noting that it will inevitably contain a proportional representation component. “There will be no elections without a new law and there will be a technical extension” of the […]
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Aoun Says Proportional Representation ‘Achieves Justice’ among Citizens
President Michel Aoun on Tuesday noted that an electoral law based on proportional representation would “achieve justice” among the country’s citizens. During a meeting in Baabda with a Druze delegation led by ex-MP Faisal al-Daoud, Aoun said “his insistence on approving a new electoral law […]
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Report: Cabinet Crisis Goes Beyond Fight over Portfolios
Lebanese Forces sources stressed on Wednesday that the obstacles hampering the formation of a new cabinet stem from intentions of some parties to prevent President Michel Aoun from practicing his role to establish a strong State, al-Joumhouria daily reported. “The current crisis to line up […]