The Cabinet met at the Baabda Presidential Palace on Sept. 16, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient-Le Jour)
The ping-pong between parliament and the Cabinet over the electoral law continues. After a parliamentary committee decided to leave the matter for the Cabinet to settle, the Cabinet sent the ball back into Parliament’s court. The Cabinet, which met on Tuesday at the Grand Serail under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, simply acknowledged the flaws tainting the current electoral law, particularly concerning the vote of expatriates. However, it refrained from amending the text, leaving it for Parliament to handle.This decision corners Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. In fact, a few months after snubbing 67 MPs who supported amending the 2017 law, he now finds himself compelled to convene the joint committees and, subsequently, Parliament to debate the issue — only months ahead of the legislative elections. This also came at a...
The ping-pong between parliament and the Cabinet over the electoral law continues. After a parliamentary committee decided to leave the matter for the Cabinet to settle, the Cabinet sent the ball back into Parliament’s court. The Cabinet, which met on Tuesday at the Grand Serail under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, simply acknowledged the flaws tainting the current electoral law, particularly concerning the vote of expatriates. However, it refrained from amending the text, leaving it for Parliament to handle.This decision corners Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. In fact, a few months after snubbing 67 MPs who supported amending the 2017 law, he now finds himself compelled to convene the joint committees and, subsequently, Parliament to debate the issue — only months ahead of the legislative elections. This also came...
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