The Parliament gathered at Place de l'Étoile on June 30, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
"This is just the beginning of the battle," said an anti-Hezbollah MP on Monday to L’Orient-Le Jour, summing up the mood of a camp determined to push through a key amendment to Lebanon’s electoral law. Their goal: to allow Lebanese expatriates to vote for all 128 members of Parliament, rather than just six designated MPs from a special overseas constituency, as outlined in the current law passed in 2017.That standoff escalated Monday, when a majority of anti-Hezbollah MPs walked out of the session in an attempt to break quorum. Though the session continued, the coordinated boycott was an attempt at a protest against Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s refusal to include the amendment on the agenda, widely seen as an effort to protect the electoral interests of the Amal-Hezbollah alliance.The anti-Hezbollah blocs insisted to...
"This is just the beginning of the battle," said an anti-Hezbollah MP on Monday to L’Orient-Le Jour, summing up the mood of a camp determined to push through a key amendment to Lebanon’s electoral law. Their goal: to allow Lebanese expatriates to vote for all 128 members of Parliament, rather than just six designated MPs from a special overseas constituency, as outlined in the current law passed in 2017.That standoff escalated Monday, when a majority of anti-Hezbollah MPs walked out of the session in an attempt to break quorum. Though the session continued, the coordinated boycott was an attempt at a protest against Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s refusal to include the amendment on the agenda, widely seen as an effort to protect the electoral interests of the Amal-Hezbollah alliance.The anti-Hezbollah blocs insisted...
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