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• 1. Toufic | March 11th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

  You are absolutely right N1042

• 2. theCourtFool | March 11th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

  Lebanon’s democracy cannot compare to that of France, or United States or even the democracy of the United Kingdom, which each has its own distinctive democracy.

  Lebanon is a country bounded by its people, living under it’s laws set By It’s Own Right. Like the countries listed above, our Democracy is different.

  The Lebanese Christians need to elect their MPs, just like any other denomination in Lebanon.

  Now, I see absolutely no reason for this blog to fight the Opposition; They are as Much Lebanese as any other. I am not defending the Opposition, but Also Defending the Government. You see these opposites you see today split… Well, These Same People will play that same game, with different players bouncing to each side of the line.

  History repeats itself, and it’s always the people that look foolish taking sides.

• 3. c | March 11th, 2008 at 11:26 pm

  the best electoral law proposed by far, in terms of christians electing their own representatives, is the draft law of the boutros commission. for example, it is MUCH better for the christians than the pure caza system.

  the boutros law also — unlike any other proposal i know of — addresses many other areas that urgently need reform. districting is way less important that some of the other reforms, but our politicians don’t get this as they are not experts and don’t understand what they’re talking about (plus, most of them are more concerned about keeping their seats than making sure the people’s voice is heard). the boutros commission was made up of experts who spent NINE MONTHS developing their law.

  more needs to be done to make sure the boutros law, or some version of it, becomes the “2009 electoral law.”

• 4. Tarek | March 11th, 2008 at 11:52 pm

  Well the problem in the election is not the law, it is the occupation, any elections is worthless when there is occupation. We are suffering from an Iranian-Syrian occupation, under the occupation no elections should be held. Still M14 should work on putting a good election law rather than just nagging about how bad other laws are. I am against any elections in the presence of occupation.

• 5. Patriot | March 11th, 2008 at 11:56 pm

  hey man

  the post is great
  but the mistake you did was that you have completely took out MA which in my opinion is wrong regardless of what we think of him. We should respect the output of the election until another power balance is proven.
  The way it was seen in the last election was that LF and other current M14 are present in the whole country but not concentrated in any regions to have parliament members (other then bchary of course) (like in each 1000 voters village you can find 100Lfers)..i see that this should have changed by now, but maybe not the point the LFers would like to believe it did. in any case, we should not eliminate anybody, say that the 64 are split between FPM, LF, Kateeb etc..
  A big wondering here: do you think that under any electoral law, jumblat can still see the parliament in Baabda 3alay? Do you think that Naila mou3awad and her new born and other LFers (like Zahra and Strida etc..) will accept anything but the 2000 law…same thing apply to HA in the south… we have a dilemma, those who are to approve the electoral law are the ones that will be re-elected under it…not sure how this vicious cycle can be resolved

• 6. wassim | March 12th, 2008 at 2:05 am

  استقالة قائد القوات الأمريكية في الشرق الأوسط الأميرال وليام فالون

  nafa3et zyarto la geagea hahahahaha nshala bidal honik barke byesta2il george bush kamen;)

• 7. Ali | March 12th, 2008 at 11:18 am

  March 14th should not discuss the electoral law until a new president is elected and after the formation of a new government. The place to discuss the law is in parilament and not TV.

  I do not agree with your logic that Christians elect Christians as vice versa. We should try to move out of the above mindset and start acting like a nation rather than a divided country. Christian, Muslim and Dirzi beliefs should be kept to one’s self. The election of representatives should be based on their political plans and agendas and not their religion.

  Grow out of your sectarian shells - It is a requirement of all March 14-ers.

• 8. kezballah | March 12th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

  Ali I agree with you in principle, the Christians can keep their belief personal but can the Muslims do it?? Look around you man there is no example in all the Islamic world.

  Islam says you cannot separate religion from government even if it is not an Islamic government. To the Muslims the politics are decided in the Friday prayer.

• 9. paul | March 12th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

  3a 2bel ma yzour rabyeh

• 10. Ali | March 12th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

  Both Friday prayers and Sunday sermons affect the closed minded the same way.

  Our problem lies with our educational system and our economic situation. Both the uneducated and the poor tend to turn to religion and follow blindly. I agree that the percentages of the uneducated are higher within the Muslim community.

  The next government should prioritize the buliding of schools throughout the country and set a unfied program taught in all classrooms. It is too late for our generation, however we must ensure that the next doesn’t turn out as radical. The economic situation will prosper with stability. We are missing out on an amazing chance to benefit from the abundance of petro dollars in the region.

• 11. Nadim | March 12th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

  Will Lebanon ever change? Will we finally realize some day that religion should be separated from politics? I am a person who supports LF views..maybe not the leader..and i do criticize the LF alot…simply because they fit my VIEWS and not my RELIGION! So when elections come, Christians elect LF or FPM or Kataeb or Marada…etc etc..Sunnis Elect Future movement, Shiites elect HA, Druze elect PSP…tab then what? How long are we gonna keep doing this? Let us remember we are lebanese before we are anything else..Why cant i be a Christian and at the same time elect a fresh new guy who has a bright future, has high university degrees, is able to relieve lebanon from its huge debt..yet happens to be a Shiite? Why are we so focused on those political leaders..we elect them they win..then what? they fight each other..why cant we have new people new faces new ideas new things…the purpose of elections is to bring something new to this country something fresh..maybe some1 that will provide solutions rather than problems..we do need a fresh start..we need new faces..we need new PMs! we need to help this country get back on its feet…we have one of the most beautiful countries in the world…what a waste…we are going down the drain..and no1 will ever wake up…co-existence is a word this country will never learn…

• 12. Patriot | March 12th, 2008 at 11:26 pm

  Nadim

  Wake up from your dream and face the nightmare of Lebanon reality.

  the sad truth is that people who have the same dream as you don’t have the power to change and are already outside the country…rare are those with a high education / free mind and still in Lebanon…

  I remember when i was in my military service in Harbieh; i went to warwar to bring moujanadin khalaso dafa3a and i was choked…we were 350 bi dawret ldobat and there were 20,000 bi dawret lmoujanadin…i can guarantee you that 90% of the 350 have left the country and you can see whom the 20,000 are after (with all respects to them, but you cannot blame them for following their cheikh / khoure, HA, MA, SG etc..)…the country is simply being run by its elderly, its youth/leadres have left…so my friend better to stop dreaming and wake up

• 13. Patriot | March 12th, 2008 at 11:30 pm

  up and start reding Jubran with reflect on all of the Wailon li oumaten …..

• 14. kezballah | March 13th, 2008 at 6:04 am

  Ali #10

  Is the problem in the education or in the religion? Christianity was intolerant but it changed and this made the West a better place.

  I think if things change in the Islamic religions it will make all the region better. If you only improve education and economy without touching the religion you can still have fanatics like Saudi Arabia.

  I think we agree on the goal but we have to agree on the best way to reach it.

• 15. Nadim | March 13th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

  Patriot,

  True..the country is being run by all the elderly..and the example u gave about wirwar shows the true image of Lebanon…ok..maybe im dreaming…and im 99 percent sure that this will never happen…but there is a 1 percent chance that it will…its highly unlikely..but it still might happen..fine ok i agree…we are powerless to do anything..but then what?? are we always gonna be like that?? are we gonna always be ruled like that?? ma7sobeen 3al 3alam w 3al zo3ama..tab w ba3den..ma thats what i dont get…w ba3den? inno where are we going…why should we count on our leaders to make their peace amongst each other and not count on ourselves to make that peace…sometimes i look and i see them all sitting down talking…and i cant help myself but ask..are they seriously talking about their people…are they talking about their own interest or the interest of the ppl that elected them?? Again i tell u…maybe ur right..aw bil 2a7ra im sure ur right…bas shool 7al?? can u tell me what the solution is?? can u tell me where are we headed to??

• 16. Patriot | March 13th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

  to face the sad reality i tell you:
  we are heading to Canada

  this is the nightmare that we always have and which is slowly turning to a destiny

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