Change and Reform bloc renews calls to elect president, abide by parity

2 August 2016 English

NNA – Change and Reform parliamentary bloc renewed, following its weekly meeting on Tuesday, calls to respect the Constitution, in terms of electing a new president of the republic, and approving an election law based upon the proportional voting system, in order to ensure parity and effective partnership.

“We call to respect the Constitution by electing a president and ensuring partnership,” MP Ibrahim Kanaan spoke in the wake of the meeting.

“We hope that national dialogue would bear fruit,” he added.

“We proved that we believed in inter-Lebanese initiatives, throughout our agreement with Hezbollah and the Lebanese Forces,” he reminded.

Kanaan did not fail to praise the internal election inside the Free Patriotic Movement, calling all parties to follow suit.

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