BEIRUT: Activists from the nongovernmental organization “Nationality – a right for me and my family” condemned Wednesday the Cabinet’s approval of a draft law on dual nationality for Lebanese expatriates.
The NGO issued a statement denouncing the draft law which grants dual citizenship only to expatriates with a Lebanese grandfather.
The organization called on Parliament not to approve the law in its current form as it again deprives women of their rights to full citizenship by limiting the blood ties to the father’s side.
The statement said that the Cabinet’s position reflected the ministers’ “patriarchal mentality.” Ministers who voted for the draft law said it aimed to strengthen the bonds of expatriates to their homeland, politically and economically, but Nationality countered that thousands of Lebanese women work daily to strengthen the national economy but continue to be deprived of their right to pass on their nationality to their families.
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