Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Sunday that he will not support the Orthodox plan pertaining to the electoral law.
“I will not sign [up for] it,” Charbel told New TV in a reference to the plan, which states that citizens should vote for candidates from their own sects.
He said that the proposal “abolishes” the bill drafted by his ministry, which suggests that Lebanon should adopt the proportional representation system in its upcoming 2013 elections.
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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