Politics

NNA – The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri received today at the Center House the Qatari Ambassador Ali bin Hamad Al-Marri. The meeting focused on the latest local and regional developments as well as the relations between the two countries. The Qatari […]

President Michel Aoun used his presidential powers on Wednesday to suspend parliament’s activities for one month based on the text of Article 59 of the Lebanese constitution. (Video) It is the first time ever in Lebanon’s history that a Lebanese president resorts to this article. Addressing the […]

NNA – The President of the Council of Ministers Saad Hariri received this afternoon at the Grand Serail a delegation from the Change and Reform Bloc that included Minister Tarek al-Khatib and MPs Ibrahim Kanaan, Naji Gharios, Gaby Layoun, Salim Aoun, and former Minister Nicolas […]

NNA – Member of Parliament, Talal Arslan, pointed out during a press conference on Wednesday, that “we political components have failed to approve a modern electoral law”, blaming all parties for such a failure. MP Arslan said that he joined the ministerial committee that was […]

NNA – “Change and Reform” bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan categorically rejected on Wednesday the extension option, saying that a new electoral protects us from vacuum rather than extension MP Kanaan, who accompanied a delegation, met with Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Naim Kassem, in presence […]

MP Ibrahim Kanaan of the Free Patriotic Movement announced Wednesday that the FPM and the Lebanese Forces will confront the attempt to extend parliament’s term through all possible means “in defense of the constitution.” “Why is it permissible to vote on extension and not on […]

NNA – “Change and Reform” bloc MP Ibrahim Kenaan categorically stressed that “extension is rejected in all its clauses,” saying that the bloc shall face democratically the extension operation if it occurs tomorrow. “If there is political will, we can reach an election law within […]

NNA – Vice Prime Minister, Health Minister, Ghassan Hasbani, and Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, visited Rabieh on Tuesday, delegated by Lebanese Forces Leader, Samir Geagea. The pair took part in the Change and Reform Parliamentary bloc’s weekly meeting, and met with bloc leader, Gebran Bassil, […]

NNA – Free Patriotic Movement leader, Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, confirmed on Tuesday his political party’s utter refusal of any scenario leading to the extension of the House of Parliament’s mandate, pledging to face such possibility by all the available means. “A […]