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Ya Libnan
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Ya Libnan
Berri confirms that Hezbollah will not participate in the war, dismisses Qassem's remarks
Visitors to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told Al Jadeed TV that 'the statement attributed to Berri that Hezbollah will not participate in the war is confirmed, while the statement of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem is a principled position that the party can only take because it is in solidarity with Iran.' This came after Qassem announced that the party is not neutral and is acting as it sees fit in confronting the war on Iran. Berri's visitors expressed his surprise at some people's description of Sheikh Naim Qassem speech as if it were a response to his remarks. The visitors added that 'Berri confirmed to US Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrak that Lebanon is prepared to implement Resolution 1701, but Israel is preventing its implementation.' The visitors also added that 'Barrak will visit former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt to apologize for what former US Envoy Morgan Ortagus had previously said to him,' when she told him that drugs were harmful in response to his criticism of her. Qassem didn't learn his lesson In a related development Israeli Defense minister Israel Katz blasted Qassems speech , saying he didn't learn his lesson El Nashra
MTV Lebanon
12-06-2025
- Politics
- MTV Lebanon
Jumblatt meets Ogero Employees' Union over job security concerns
Progressive Socialist Party leader, MP Taymour Jumblatt, met with a delegation from the Ogero Employees' Union, headed by Union President Emile Nassar, at his Clemenceau office. The meeting was attended by MP Faisal Sayegh, Jumblatt's advisor Hossam Harb, and the Secretary-General of the Labor Liberation Front Walid Shmeit. Discussions focused on the situation of Ogero employees, particularly the implications of Law 431, especially Article 49, and its impact on job stability and the future of workers across all positions within the organization.
LBCI
30-05-2025
- General
- LBCI
Zafer Nasser to LBCI: Backs Aoun's approach to Hezbollah arms, slams party's moral judgments
Progressive Socialist Party Secretary General Zafer Nasser voiced support for President Joseph Aoun's handling of the Hezbollah weapons issue, describing it as the most effective and reasonable approach compared to others. Speaking on LBCI's "Nharkom Said" TV show, Nasser said Hezbollah has no right to decide who is patriotic and who isn't, stressing that the party cannot grant 'certificates of nationalism' or accuse others of treason. Commenting on the municipal and local elections, Nasser explained that from the moment elections were announced, the party leadership decided to give local communities the freedom to make their own choices. 'We didn't run formal partisan lists in the traditional sense — it wasn't about the party fielding a list against another,' he said.
L'Orient-Le Jour
09-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
MPs propose bill to allow expatriates to vote for all parliamentarians
Several lawmakers presented a bill to Parliament on Friday aimed at allowing Lebanese expatriates to vote from their countries of residence based on the district of their region of origin, not for the six MPs reserved for the diaspora, as stipulated in the 2017 electoral law. Member of Parliament Georges Okais, speaking on behalf of his colleagues, explained that "expatriates should be able to vote for the 128 deputies according to the district of the region they originate from in Lebanon to truly participate in Lebanese political life and not just for six MPs reserved for the diaspora, as the law stipulates." The 2017 electoral law was the first to enshrine the voting rights of expatriates from their country of residence. However, it included a clause allocating six MPs to the diaspora, one per continent, from which they should choose, in addition to the 128 MPs, which many observers consider unfairly restrictive. However, this clause was not fully implemented during the 2022 legislative elections. While expatriates were able to vote, they did so based on their district of origin in Lebanon, without the six diaspora MPs being added to the total number of parliamentarians. An amendment to the law had been exceptionally adopted for that single election. The clause of the six MPs reserved for the diaspora would apply to the next legislative elections in 2026. This proposal was presented to Parliament on Friday by MPs Georges Okais (Lebanese Forces), Faysal al-Sayegh (Progressive Socialist Party), Michel Doueihy, Ibrahim Mneimneh, Melhem Khalaf, and Najat Aoun Saliba (protest), but it was signed by many MPs from various political affiliations. According to their statement, the proposal concerns a legislation that carries the character of double urgency to amend electoral law 144/2017, granting expatriates the right to vote for all members of Parliament, "enshrining their stable and definitive constitutional right to choose their representatives in Lebanon."
L'Orient-Le Jour
08-05-2025
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Jumblatt thanks Macron after Sharaa's visit to the Elysee
Druze leader Walid Jumblatt thanked French President Emmanuel Macron for his "courage and audacity," following the reception at the Elysee on Wednesday of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, during a first controversial visit to the West by the de facto leader of Syria. "Dear President Macron, I congratulate you on your courage and audacity in favor of the advent of a new Syria, free from oppression and dictatorship, in the face of dismantling projects carried by certain external powers. Thank you for this great support in favor of the stability of Syria and Lebanon," wrote the former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). Last Friday, Jumblatt traveled for the second time to Syria to meet its new leader, since the fall of the dictatorial regime of Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, 2024. After the deadly clashes that occurred about ten days ago between Syrian Druze and Sunnis, raising fears of a threat of partition of the country, the former PSP leader renewed his unconditional support for the unity of Syria, on which he largely believes Lebanon's unity depends. For Jumblatt, it is about vigorously defending the Arab anchoring of the Druze and refusing Israel any alleged right to defend this community, which has a significant presence in southern Syria, at the border with the Hebrew state. Israel is accused by some experts of wanting to sow division in this country, a precursor to the partition of the country, notably to avoid having a strong Islamist power at its border.
