BEIRUT, May 5 -- Some 3.7 million Lebanese people are registered to cast their votes in the parliamentary elections on Sunday, the first of their kind since the adoption of a new law that allows proportional representation.
However, despite the abolition of the old majoritarian electoral system where the winner takes all, no major changes are expected in the political distribution of powers inside the parliament, because of the preferential voting system introduced in the new electoral law.
"How can you expect a representation of the political minorities in the parliament, when you introduce what is called the preferential voting, in which the Lebanese will cast according to their sectarian attribution," Hicham Nasreddine, head of Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) electoral body, told Xinhua.
The voters will focus on "their protectors" with no attention "to any new aspiring candidates," said Nasreddine, whose party represents the majority of the Druzes in Lebanon.
But Khalil Hamadeh, a politburo member of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Lebanon's largest Christian party established by President Michel Aoun and headed by Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, disagreed as his party aims for more seats in the parliamentary elections under the new electoral law.
"Our party aspires for a larger representation than what we already have in parliament, to restore the Christian representation in the hands of its owners," he told Xinhua.
"Change is coming and you will see the results on May 7," Hamadeh said.
Christians and Druzes were engaged in a fierce battle during the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990, causing the displacement of most Christians from their villages and towns after the Druzes managed to win the war.
In addition to the apparent rivalry between the Christians and Druzez in their campaign for the 128 seats in the parliament, many big names, including former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Deputy House Speaker Farid Makari, have decided not to run.
Despite the big hopes built around the participation of the civil society in the upcoming elections, many Lebanese people still find themselves mired in the sectarian strife gripping the country, as it is most likely that they will have to wait for another four years to see any change in the parliament.
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版语法突破:第十节—语法专练知能闯关
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破十、状语从句
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破七、时态和语态
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版选修七《Unit19》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语外研版选修8《Module 4 Which English》SectionⅢ速效提能演练
2016届高考英语名校试题汇编(精练+解析)专题07时态和语态(学生版)
湖北省监利一中2016届高三英语单词竞赛试题(九)
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版语法突破:第九节—语法专练知能闯关
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版必修一《Unit1》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版必修五《Unit14》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语外研版选修8《Module 3 Foreign Food》SectionⅢ速效提能演练
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破九、名词性从句
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版必修一《Unit2》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语外研版选修8《Module 3 Foreign Food》SectionⅡ速效提能演练
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破十一、特殊句式
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版选修八《Unit24》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语外研版选修8《Module 5 The Conquest of the Universe》SectionⅡ速效提能演练
2016高考英语外研版选修8《Module 4 Which English》SectionⅡ速效提能演练
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破8、定语从句
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破五
湖北省监利一中2016届高三英语单词竞赛试题(八)
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版选修七《Unit20》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破三、形容词和副词
湖北省监利一中2016届高三英语单词竞赛试题(七)
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版必修五《Unit13》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版选修六《Unit18》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语外研版选修8《Module 1 Deep South》SectionⅡ速效提能演练
2016高考英语一轮复习(福建泉州专用)北师大版必修五《Unit15》强化演练知能闯关
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破1、代词
2016高考英语一轮课件优化复习(山东专用)人教版:语法专项突破2、名词、冠词
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |