Interior Minister Marwan Charbel on Tuesday called for discussing the electoral law based on proportional representation that he previously drew up.
Charbel told Voice of Lebanon (93.3) radio station that “the Orthodox proposal on the electoral law will not be approved by all the Lebanese parties.”
He also reiterated that the present electoral law does not meet the demands of the Christians.
The Orthodox proposal on the electoral law states that citizens should vote for candidates of their own sects.
Lebanese parties are debating a new electoral law for the upcoming 2013 parliamentary elections. After the parliament agreed on drafting a law based on proportional representation, some parties rejected the draft law and called for renewing the 2009 electoral law, which is based on simple majority representation.
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