President Michel Sleiman chaired on Wednesday a cabinet session at the Baabda Presidential Palace to address the drafting of a new electoral law ahead of the 2013 parliamentary elections, reported the National News Agency.
The NNA added that ministers will discuss the possibility of amending the privileges of the Constitutional Council.
Also, the report quoted Interior Minister Marwan Charbel as saying the bombs that exploded in the southern city of Tyre earlier on Wednesday “were not politically or religiously motivated.”
Two bombs targeting a nightclub and a liquor store exploded early Wednesday in Tyre, one of the few areas of the conservative South where alcohol is available. There were no casualties in the 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) blasts, but they caused severe damage to property, a security official told AFP.
Meanwhile, Lebanese parties are presently 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.
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