Protesters Saturday converged on the Nejmeh Square in Beirut’s Downtown to demand timely parliamentary elections based on a new electoral law.
Protesters rally in Beirut to demand new ‘fair’ voting system
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PM Hariri: Government Took Steps to Cut Refugees Competition for Lebanese Laborers !
Prime Minister Saad Hariri congratulated all Lebanese laborers Monday on Labor Day.He assured them that the government has already begun taking a series of measures to reduce competition for the Lebanese labor market. This is an excerpt of PM Hariri’s speech: “- Despite its limited […]
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Gemayel Rejects All Versions of 1960 Electoral Law
Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel voiced his utter rejection on Monday of endorsing the controversial 1960 electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary elections even with an amended version. “If a new electoral law was not approved this week, we might head towards either the 1960 […]
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun: “No Extension, No old Law and No Political Vacuum.”
“No one should even dream of having the parliament’s mandate extended, to stick to the already existing electoral law, or to even allow a state of political vacuum to prevail,” the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun said in front of a […]