The seat of the Constitutional Council, in Hadath. (Credit: Claude Assaf/Archive photo/L'Orient-Le Jour)
The general amnesty law is now enforceable. Following a session held on Monday, the Constitutional Council (CC), presided over by Tannous Mechleb, announced it had rejected the appeal for invalidation filed last September by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). The decision was made unanimously by the eight members present, out of the Council’s ten members, the other two being absent for health reasons. However, the CC qualified its approval of the law with several "mandatory interpretive reservations," a judicial source explained to L’Orient-Le Jour. In practical terms, this means the law’s provisions are only validated if applied according to the details set forth in the decision. Read more Constitutional Council approves two-year extension of Parliament's mandate Main issue: CorruptionThe issue particularly concerns...
The general amnesty law is now enforceable. Following a session held on Monday, the Constitutional Council (CC), presided over by Tannous Mechleb, announced it had rejected the appeal for invalidation filed last September by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). The decision was made unanimously by the eight members present, out of the Council’s ten members, the other two being absent for health reasons. However, the CC qualified its approval of the law with several "mandatory interpretive reservations," a judicial source explained to L’Orient-Le Jour. In practical terms, this means the law’s provisions are only validated if applied according to the details set forth in the decision. Read more Constitutional Council approves two-year extension of Parliament's mandate Main issue: CorruptionThe issue particularly...
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