National Assembly (Lebanon)

See also: National Assembly

The National Assembly of Lebanon (or Lebanese Parliament ) (Arab: مجلسالنواب Majlis year-Nuwwab, House of Commons ) is the single legislative room with the Lebanon. The 128 deputies are elected every 4 years, with half of Chrétiens and half of Musulmans. In addition to ratifying the laws, they elect the president of the republic and vote confidence with the government.

Reserved seats

detailed Article: reserved Seats (Lebanon)

Since the Agreement of Taef in 1989, the National Assembly must have Moslems as many as Christians, is 64 per religion. In spite of the lack of information concerning the religious demography of the country (last census in the Thirties), to make the distinction between different the confessions, there exist quotas for 4 of the 5 Moslem confessions and 6 of the 12 Christian confessions (there exists a place for the other Christians). The Juifs Lebanese are not represented. Lebanon is divided into 5 muhafazat.

President of the Parliament

The president of the Parliament is, according to the Lebanese constitution, obligatorily Shiite. He is elected for 4 years. The current president is Nabih Berri. The president of the Parliament has a capacity stronger than in other countries, to be able to adjust the capacity between the three dominant confessions: Maronite (President), Sunnite (Prime Minister) and Shiite (President of the Parliament).

Result of June 2005

The block of resistance and the block of Aoun are in agreement.

Various Disputes

Certain politicians Lebanese speak about Corruption S. Moreover, the distribution of certain confessions is considered to be excessive by other confessions being considered majority. The problem also exists on the level of the electoral rolls: certain politicians claim that when a candidate is present on several lists, it would be necessary, to enter the number of votes, to make an average and not an accumulation. on Sunday, August 5 Amine Gemayel is beaten by a candidate aounist in an election made to replace the martyr Pierre Gemayel thus has 50.08% against 49.92% has nearly 400 votes of difference.

External bonds

  • the result detailed by district and political party

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