Beirut, Novmeber 22: President Michel Sleiman called in a television speech on Saturday for the establishment of a committee to work towards the abolition of religion-based politics in Lebanon.
"To encourage vast participation (in political life), a national committee should be established and charged with abolishing confessionalism in politics," he said in a speech marking Sunday's 66th anniversary of independence.
Sleiman also proposed "changing the electoral law relating to general elections in order to obtain better representation and restore to expatriates their rights, including nationality and the right to vote."
In line with the current power-sharing system in Lebanon, the president is a Maronite Christian, the speaker of parliament a Shiite Muslim and the prime minister a Sunni Muslim.
Earlier this month Prime Minister Saad Hariri, son of murdered ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, announced the formation of his new government more than four months after his US- and Saudi-backed alliance defeated a Hezbollah-led bloc backed by Syria and Iran in a general election.
His 30-member cabinet is composed of 15 seats for his coalition, 10 for Hezbollah's camp, and five for Sleiman appointees.
---Agencies
Solution
To lift the current political system is in my view only acceptable if the Hezbollahs and AMALs in Lebanon act different than they have done over the last period of time.
Most secure is to get rid of their idealogy. I look forward to the time that the majority of the Lebanese society is ready to abolish Hezbollah. In my view, like many nations have declared, Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation that only destruct the progress, welfare, prosperity and self determination of the Lebanese society! Hezbollah takes Lebanon into hostage, legitimizes its existince on illegal grounds and uses intimidating methods to continue its actions. Remember that they terrorized Beirut when they did not agree parliamentary decisions during the Doha negotiations? Lebanon, wake up! STOP Hezbollah! How? Give them one final term to civilize, ask the UN and/or USA and/or EU and/or Russia (since NATO has established large bases in f.e. Kosovo I think Russia has interest in a large bases in the Middle East) to deploy a large number of soldiers in Lebanon to secure the stability and prevent armed acts, and consider that the enemy of your enemy is your best friend. In other words: mabe we need another South Lebanese Army!
abolition Hezbollah
To lift the current political system is in my view only acceptable if the Hezbollahs and AMALs in Lebanon act different than they have done over the last period of time.
Most secure is to get rid of their idealogy. I look forward to the time that the majority of the Lebanese society is ready to abolish Hezbollah. In my view, like many nations have declared, Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation that only destruct the progress, welfare, prosperity and self determination of the Lebanese society! Hezbollah takes Lebanon into hostage, legitimizes its existince on illegal grounds and uses intimidating methods to continue its actions. Remember that they terrorized Beirut when they did not agree parliamentary decisions during the Doha negotiations? Lebanon, wake up! STOP Hezbollah! How? Give them one final term to civilize, ask the UN and/or USA and/or EU and/or Russia (since NATO has established large bases in f.e. Kosovo I think Russia has interest in a large bases in the Middle East) to deploy a large number of soldiers in Lebanon to secure the stability and prevent armed acts, and consider that the enemy of your enemy is your best friend. In other words: mabe we need another South Lebanese Army!
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