On Monday, as GOP leaders tried to rally Republican lawmakers to support their health care proposal, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a report showing that the plan would lead to an estimated 14 million fewer people with health insurance by next year. The CBO […]
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea met on Monday in Meerab with the Representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Lebanon Mireille Girard, accompanied by her Lebanese affairs’ Advisor, Dominique Tohme, with talks reportedly touching on the current situation of Syrian displaced […]
The Free Patriotic Movement Minister Gebran Bassil proposed on Monday, at a press conference the adoption of a new parliamentary electoral system: “What we are introducing today is the beginning of the adoption of the Senate; its president is Christian but not Maronite to respect […]
Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi, hailed on Sunday recent military and security administrative nominations, deeming them successful. In his homily during the Sunday mass held in Bkerki, the prelate wished the appointments would continue to establish a state of institutions that would put an […]
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Sunday that he will launch a new initiative regarding the stalled electoral law while noting that the constitution can be amended if there is consensus. “There can be no political reform in Lebanon without an electoral law, and […]
CAPITOL HILL — A Republican plan to eliminate and replace major portions of former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement, the Affordable Care Act, has been savaged since its release earlier this week on Capitol Hill, presenting an early test of Republican governance. “Unconstitutional … dead […]
Free Patriotic Movement Head, Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, deemed, on Sunday, that “whoever conceives General Michel Aoun’s reaching presidency as an entryway towards financial interests is at fault.” Speaking at the FPM’s 2nd National Conference held at “Biel” in Central Beirut, Bassil […]
United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag, said following her meeting with Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister, Gibran Bassil, that discussions focused on the perturbing situation in Ain al Helwe camp and another topic relevant to UN Security Council resolution 1701. Kaag called on […]
MP Hani Qobeissi of AMAL Movement’s Development and Liberation bloc warned Sunday that Lebanon will be plunged into “vacuum” and “chaos” should the political parties fail to agree on a new electoral law. “Vacuum means chaos,” Qobeissi cautioned, urging all parties to “shoulder the responsibility […]
Druze leader MP Walid Jumblat on Sunday renewed his reservations over the proportional representation electoral system, noting that he would back such a law only if it preserves an accepted level of “partnership.” “The best thing is clarity. Yes to proportional representation that achieves the […]
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