Hariri Urges Voters to Refrain from Voting in Favor of Parties Limiting Reforms

Fuente: 
Naharnet
Fecha de publicación: 
07 Abr 2018

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday urged the Lebanese to refrain from casting votes in favor of parties who abstain from introducing reforms they once vowed to do.

Addressing the Lebanese community at the opening of the Lebanese Diaspora Energy conference for Europe in Paris, Hariri said: “You are our secret weapon. You must as well threaten us into introducing reforms, otherwise you may refrain from voting for us.”

The Premier stressed the need for serious work when the parliamentary elections are over, saying reforms can only be attained through combating corruption in order to create new job opportunities.

He emphasized that Lebanon can not continue without reforms, and stressed the necessity to modernize laws.

The LDE conference kicked off in Paris one day after the international donor conference in the French capital raised billions of dollars in low-interest loans and aid for Lebanon to try to avert an economic crisis in a country hard hit by the fallout from the Syrian war.

Lebanon will stage its first general elections in nine years in May based on a complex proportional representation system

For the first time, Lebanese nationals living overseas will be able to cast ballots in early voting.

The parliament has postponed elections several times over security reasons. Its term was supposed to expire in 2013 but lawmakers approved several extensions since then.

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