Proposal for a new electoral law and a meaningful mounassafah
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The basic idea behind the compromise agreements Taif which has been confirmed by all parties and political leaders to their adoption in Lebanon as “final homeland,” in exchange for “Mounassafah:” Equitable distribution of seats in Parliament between Christians and Muslims (as a substitute for the 60 -40 Split for the Christians). two pages of this quid pro quo, were superficially implemented and the results were very disappointing. On the one hand, the acceptance of Lebanon as a final homeland remained united and institutions ink on paper, the major Lebanese factions who continue to show their allegiance to foreign powers. On the other side, Christians Mounassafah is a sense of exclusion in point, demoralization, because in the current electoral system, a large number of Christians candidates are elected in districts with a Muslim majority, and are, in the eyes Coreligionists of its policy to hand their mentors Muslim, are unable or lacks the will to pursue the national aspiration Multi Christians, in a free and independent Lebanon, where they live and play certainly an effective role in the management of the country’s affairs. In order to solve the problem of belonging to ask a number of Lebanese factions in their country, it is absolutely necessary, as a first step towards the reunification of its institutions through political negotiations on the role of Lebanon in the region and its general strategy of the defence. These should be on the immediate objective reinvestment of the state with the “monopoly of the legitimate use of violence” and foreign policy. The key task is to develop, strengthen and protect political power and a Lebanese nationalist elites. In this case, only the long term, to protect the country’s recurrent crises, always has a foreign power. The problem of marginalization of the Christian community, the superficiality of the implementation of the formula for power-sharing in the “Mounassafeh” a more immediate solutions. One was Nizar Younes, in his book in Arabic: “Parliament tomorrow: an electoral system for a modern state.” |