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March 14 Not Against Modified 1960 Electoral Law

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Sunday, 13 April 2008

The pro-government March 14 coalition said it is not against adopting the 1960 parliamentary elections law but after making amendments to the qada-based law. The pan-Arab daily Al Hayat, citing high-ranking March 14 officials, said Saturday that the alliance "does not object to accepting qada as electoral constituency but that can only happen after re-evaluating the 1960 law." The officials said the majority was open to a "fair and balanced solution even though laws are not equal to all people, meaning that they cannot please all Lebanese." "Therefore, agreement on a law that satisfies the majority of them (Lebanese) is needed," one official said. The officials were responding to a call by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri who announced his willingness to elect Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as President "immediately" if March 14 approved the 1960 electoral law at the same parliament session scheduled to choose a new head of state for Lebanon. Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said Berri's offer is being examined by March 14. "The problem is a political one, and any settlement should be political," Aridi said in remarks published by the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

 

 

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