Diaspora vote: Cabinet put to the test on Thursday — will it finally make a decision?

And now, the ball is back in Cabinet's court. As planned, the ministerial committee tasked with reviewing amendments to the electoral law met on Tuesday to discuss a draft bill calling for the abolition of Article 112 of the 2017 law. The aim is to allow the Lebanese abroad to vote the same as residents, for all 128 MPs, instead of for six MPs designated to represent the diaspora, and to replace the magnetic voters card with a Quick Response (QR) code to enable remote ballot-casting. This draft law — which brings together the various proposals from the main parties — is expected to be debated during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, after ministers first review the army’s report on the plan to disarm Hezbollah. It would then be referred to Parliament.This scenario will once again corner Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who continues to...