Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil criticized as “shameful” the political parties failure to agree on a new election law for the upcoming parliamentary polls, stressing that the sought vote system must reinforce unity among the Lebanese, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday. “It is such […]
MP Serge Ter Sarkisian voiced calls on Tuesday upon President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri to “safeguard their joint visions” for Lebanon and to “preserve their consensual views” in light of the debate between political parties over an electoral law for the upcoming […]
Translator: Cynthia P. FEGHALI “One cannot wait for a house burglar,” says former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Hussein El-Husseini, raising the Constitution’s book in the face of a dominant political class going against this Constitution: “They have become like burglars of houses. Whatever people […]
Prospects are emerging that a proportional representation vote law for the upcoming parliamentary polls where Lebanon is divided into 13 districts could be put for discussion, al-Akhbar daily reported on Monday. The next stage will witness suggestions made by President Michel Aoun to hold the […]
Foreign Minister and Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil clarified that an agreement on an electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary polls has not been reached as yet with Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday. “A hybrid 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 […]
Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday that he has agreed with President Michel Aoun that “there will be no rift from now on at the level of the executive authority.” “I’m in daily contact with the president to discuss the various issues and problems that […]
President Michel Aoun held talks with Saudi State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan on Monday at the Presidential Palace, the state-run National News Agency reported. Al-Sabahan stressed during his meeting with Aoun that his visit comes in the “framework of following up on discussions […]
Prime Minister Saad Hariri held a meeting on Monday with Saudi State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan at the Grand Serail, the National News Agency reported. The meeting took place in the presence of the Prime Minister’s aide Nader Hariri. Nader Hariri. Talks focused […]
The UK Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel announced that the UK is delivering on its commitment to invest £160m over 4 years in quality education in Lebanon, a press release said. Compared to last year’s enrollment figures, the funding will contribute to […]
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