On October 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent an urgent draft law to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, requesting that it be included on the agenda of the cabinet’s next session.
The draft law calls for the repeal of Articles 112 and 122 of the Electoral Law, which concern the voting of Lebanese expatriates and restrict their representation to six seats designated for the diaspora. The ministry’s proposal seeks to abolish these two articles and allow Lebanese citizens residing abroad to vote for all 128 members of Parliament based on their electoral districts of registration.
This move comes after the ministry received, in recent weeks, numerous petitions and letters from members of the Lebanese diaspora in cities such as Berlin, Stockholm, Ottawa, Montreal, Washington, New York, Abuja, Madrid, London, Melbourne, and Paris, calling for the cancellation of these two articles and for their right to vote according to their districts of registration in Lebanon.
The draft law calls for the repeal of Articles 112 and 122 of the Electoral Law, which concern the voting of Lebanese expatriates and restrict their representation to six seats designated for the diaspora. The ministry’s proposal seeks to abolish these two articles and allow Lebanese citizens residing abroad to vote for all 128 members of Parliament based on their electoral districts of registration.
This move comes after the ministry received, in recent weeks, numerous petitions and letters from members of the Lebanese diaspora in cities such as Berlin, Stockholm, Ottawa, Montreal, Washington, New York, Abuja, Madrid, London, Melbourne, and Paris, calling for the cancellation of these two articles and for their right to vote according to their districts of registration in Lebanon.
