Now Lebanon - Makari addresses electoral law, September 30, 2011

Deputy Speaker MP Farid Makari said in an interview published on Friday that the draft electoral law proposed by the Orthodox committee “is unachievable.”
“[The proposal] contradicts the [goals] of the Taif Accord and March 14,” he told An-Nahar newspaper.
The draft electoral law proposed by the Orthodox committee states that Lebanese citizens should vote for candidates from their own sect under a system based on proportional representation.
“Humbly, I am the strongest [politician] in the Koura district under any [electoral] law, but if I said my opinion frankly then they will accuse me of [caring about] my personal interests,” Makari added.
“I have no problem with any law, what is important is [for the law to] be satisfactory for the Lebanese people and Christians in the first place.”
Makari is a member of the Future bloc and was elected in 2009 from the Koura district.
Lebanese parties are debating the electoral law for the upcoming 2013 parliamentary elections. After the parliament agreed on drafting a law based on proportional representation, some parties rejected the proposed law and called for adopting the 2009 electoral law, which is based on simple majority representation.