With parliamentary elections drawing near, political parties each in their own way start their races against one another; all to come up with a determining electoral law. March 14 with all its components insists on the smaller districts draft while March 8 insists on the law of proportionality. Despite victory or loss, legal flaws are prevailing as both parties move further away from the Taif Accord. Within this framework, MP Albert Mansour mentioned to LBCI that the law of smaller districts is against the core of the Taif Agreement, "since it breaches the formula of coexistence". On the law drafted by the Orthodox Gathering, Mansour said that it "creates a federal religious system". For his part, the Director of the Statistics and Documentation Bureau Kamal Feghali mentioned that the law of smaller districts does not fairly represent Christians, but instead aims at ensuring the majority of deputies for the March 14 bloc. In a talk to LBCI Feghali added that tailoring the law to the needs of MP Nadim Gemayel and March 14 forces by which Zahle is over flooded with the Sunni votes ensures the victory of March 14. He also pointed out that flaws are present in the Orthodox Gathering draft, and could manifest through the weakening of the political life, causing internal displacements among the Lebanese people.
Both Mansour and Feghali consider that the government's law remains the closest to the Taif Accord, but Parliamentary negotiations are not making clear which electoral law will be adopted. For the full LBCI report, click on the VIDEO above