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	Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The pact also stipulated that seats in the Parliament would be allocated by religion and region, in a ratio of 6 Christians to 5 Muslims, a ratio based on the 1932 census, which was taken at a time when Christians still had a slight majority.
		The last parliament election was in 2000; the election due to be held in 2004 was postponed for one year.
		Lebanese law does not provide for Civil marriage (although it recognizes such marriages contracted abroad); efforts by former President Elias Hrawi to legalize civil marriage in the late 1990s foundered on objections mostly from Muslim clerics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lebanon (4462 words)

	Parliament of Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parliament of Lebanon is the Lebanese national legislature.
		Its major functions are to elect the President of the republic, to approve the government (although appointed by the President, the Prime Minister, along with the Cabinet, must retain the confidence of a majority in the Parliament), and to approve laws and expenditure.
		In elections held between 1932 and 1972 (the last till after the Lebanese Civil War), seats were apportioned between Christians and Muslims in a 6:5 ratio, with various denominations of the two faiths allocated representation roughly proportional to their size.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament_of_Lebanon (820 words)

	Lebanese Parliamentarism
		Parliament, in turn, saw the situation in diametrically opposite te rms: lacking in popular legitimacy, it saw that this could only be regained through opposition to the government.
		While members of the 1992 parliament have taken pride in the fact that the institution has broken all records in terms of laws passed, this has come at the expense of parliamentary control over the government and, most important, the legislature's role as a source of political alternatives.
		Lebanese parliamentarism has sacrificed substance for form, largely because it operates within a political system with few clear reference points and where support for or opposition to the government is often interchan geable.
	www.lcps-lebanon.org /pub/tlr/96/sp96/bahout.html (2608 words)

	Lebanon - Parliament and the Second Republic
		The Lebanese parliament is the descendant of several representative institutions dating back to the period of the double qa'immaqamiyya, specifically between 1845 and 1860.
		Parliament gradually regained legitimacy in the three years after the 1992 elections by opposing the Hariri government which it had played a key role in bringing to power.
		While it seemed that parliament in its first three years had succeeded in regaining a measure of credibility, the extension of President Hrawi's mandate was the turning point which showed parliament's independent power to be a fiction.
	www.lcps-lebanon.org /pub/tlr/96/sp96/michael.html (1304 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - European Parliament Urges Syrian Military Pullout from Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The European Parliament has asked authorities in Beirut to arrange for the withdrawal of the Syrian army from Lebanon and determine the fate of some 17,000 missing Lebanese, An Nahar reported on Friday.
		Parliament in Beirut had on Dec. 2 authorized the government to endorse the treaty.
		It also urged the Beirut authorities to determine the fate of 17,000 missing Lebanese citizens, asserting that the detention of citizens of one country by a neighboring country is illegitimate.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/55E34519DE23F8D242256CB80030CE7B?OpenDocument&PRINT (304 words)

	Lebanese Forces - Deutschland
		Lebanese Forces parliament member George Adwan said Monday parliament was certain to vote on a parole for LF commander Samir Geagea at a legislative session of the newly elected legislature on Monday.
		The new decree, which is expected to be signed and formally announced by the president on Thursday, provides for an extraordinary sitting of parliament through mid-October in response to a petition carrying the signatures of 72 legislators, who added to the agenda a draft bill to reopen the MTV network.
		Samir Geagea's Lebanese Forces participate for the first time ever on Thursday in presidential consultations for designating a prime minister as his member-of-parliament wife Sitrida led the 5 other LF legislators into the nomination meeting with President Lahoud at the Baabda Palace.
	www.lebaneseforces.de (2932 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lebanese Parliament amends constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Parliament amended the country's constitution Friday to extend pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
		The United States and France had pushed for the resolution, which was aimed at pressuring Syria to loosen its grip on Lebanese politics.
		Legislator Mohammed Raad, leader of the nine-member Hezbollah bloc, the Lebanese guerrilla group the United States lists as a terrorist organization, said the vote was "to support Lahoud and to reject the policies of the American administration in the region."
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-09-03-lebanon_x.htm (655 words)

	A Lebanese Abroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lebanese trucks are spending between four and five days at the Syrian checkpoint while Syrian trucks crossing to Lebanon are cleared in less an hour, according to merchants.
		In essence, they tipped the Lebanese Parliament in their favor, “flmailed” it using the Chia’ cause as a shield for their intentions, and to further “thank Hariri” for trusting them, they liberally took advantage of the fragile border situation in South Lebanon.
		All the Lebanese in Lebanon and abroad are in suspense, awaiting the Parliament’s first session and the ensuing election of its Speaker.
	lebaneseabroad.blogspot.com (6305 words)

	Speech Delivered By H.E. Nabih Berry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ricardo Azar, representing the speaker of the Parliament of Brazil, representatives of the Parliament of Cyprus, Mr.
		The Lebanese Parliament will take sides with your excellency in assuring that all citizens will enjoy the rights of expression, affiliation, work, accomodation, education, medication and food, disregarding their religions and regions.
		The Lebanese Parliament favours your insistance on coordinating national priorities, starting with the liberation and development, and ending with spreading national sovereignty to the southern borders, and providing an honorable life to all our people.
	www.lp.gov.lb /Archive/english/berry_sph1198.htm (1294 words)

	NALA: Lahoud Must Go. \|\| News \|\| CGGL.org
		Fearful of the precedent that may be set of involuntarily removing the president from office and therefore adversely affecting the prestige and function of the Christian presidency, the clergy have taken this position that any action taken with regard to Lahoud mandate be accomplished strictly within the bounds of the constitution.
		That a three year extension was voted upon and approved by the Lebanese Parliament was a function of several actions which occurred outside of the four corners of the constitution.
		NALA calls upon the Lebanese Parliament to abrogate this remaining vestige of the former occupation; restore integrity to the Lebanese Constitution; and repeal the amendment which was adopted while the country was under occupation.
	www.cggl.org /scripts/new.asp?id=438 (1049 words)

	Antoine Nasri Messarra - La structure sociale du Parlement Libanais
		La structure sociale du Parlement libanais is the first sociography ever made on the Lebanese Parliament and the First sociological study on the parliamentary elite in Lebanon.
		The second series of variables have an individual character and are related to the characteristics of the Members of Parliament, namely their profession, social level, sex, family, age and education.
		Drawing the portrait of the Lebanese Member of Parliament, the author describes three types: the Patrician, the Financier and the Partisan.
	www.kleudge.com /amessarra/en/book6.asp (808 words)

	Lebanon.com Newswire - Local News May 29 1997
		Commenting on yesterday's satellite broadcasted cartoons and remarks on the parliament session, Berri said the parliament is not "canned" and has its dignity and constitutional rights, and not televising the session was an endeavor on the image of parliament.
		The Lebanese ladies spoke on cases of rape, looting, killing, and said the situation there is intolerable.
		The government responds were given yesterday during a parliament session that was described as fiery, heated, and reminded of the old 70's debates.
	www.lebanon.com /news/local/1997/5/29.htm (2028 words)

	Journals from the crossroads of the middle east
		Lebanese women, who had formally fought for the right to vote since 1934, were encouraged and continued to push for the unconditional right to vote.
		Parliament elects the president, which, in effect, makes the prime minister the head of the government.
		She is one of the founders of the Women's Committee of Arab Parliament Union, which brings female politicians from across the Arab world together.
	www.scripps.ohiou.edu /news/beirut/emily.html (4866 words)

	News
		The visiting Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on Sunday, June 19.
		Further in his statements, the Leader of the Islamic Republic referred to Nabih Berri's prudent management of the Lebanese Parliament and also to the wise and courageous move made by the Lebanese Parliament to extend the term of office of the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud.
		The Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament further touched on the recent election in South Lebanon and said that the election turned into a referendum in support of the Islamic resistance.
	www.khamenei.ir /EN/News/detail.jsp?id=20050619A (511 words)

	Ya Libnan \| The new Lebanese parliament: Will it fly? \| Live News from Lebanon
		He was voted in by an overwhelming majority of 90, in a parliament of 128 members.
		The Lebanese army should call the shots if it needs any help (from Hezbollah or any other militia) in defending the country.
		This could keep the parliament busy for a while, since corruption is the no. 1 disease in Lebanon and we can write several books about it.
	yalibnan.com /site/archives/2005/06/the_new_lebanes.php (853 words)

	LebaneseForces.com: Fighting for Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Parliament on Wednesday extended its mandate, which expires May 31, to mid June this year on the grounds that the first stage of the elections will be held on May 29 and the other stages would take some 5 weeks to complete.
		The families and relatives of Lebanese prisoners in Syria have staged a sit-in at the U.N. House premises in downtown Beirut, demanding the establishment of an international committee to investigate the fate of their losing-missing loved ones, An Nahar reported Sunday.
		Saying they have no faith in Lebanese or Syrian or joint committees to handle the question of the missing Lebanese, the protestors said a U.N. fact-finding commission should be dispatched to Lebanon and Syria to determine their fate once and for all.
	www.lebaneseforces.com /2005_04_01_archive.asp (7313 words)

	Strengthening the Structure of Parliament
		Support to the developmental enabling environment for democratic governance is a new programming area that began with a project to support the Lebanese Parliament in mainstreaming broad-based participation and building internal capacities of the Parliament.
		A simultaneous translation system was installed in Parliament in collaboration with the Government of Canada, and a massive of IT networks and equipment through the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform.
		Developing sustainable capacities in Parliament is the primary focus of a second phase of the project, which was approved in June 2002.
	www.undp.org.lb /programme/governance/institutionbuilding/parliament (389 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: Lebanese parliament pardons former warlord
		Alexandria Samuel at 7:50 PM ET [JURIST] The Lebanese parliament [official website] voted Monday to grant amnesty to former militia leader Samir Geagea [Lebanese Forces profile].
		Geagea, Lebanese Forces militia leader during the 1975-90 civil war, was arrested in 1994 and sentenced to three consecutive life terms for his involvement in crimes during Lebanon's civil war, including the murder of a prime minister.
		Lebanese President Emile Lahoudand [official website] and lawmakers called the vote for amnesty a symbol of "national reconciliation" following the end of Syrian domination of Lebanon.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2005/07/lebanese-parliament-pardons-former.php (307 words)

	Lebanon.com Newswire - Local News September 4 1999
		The Lebanese Parliament and the United Nations Development Program in Lebanon this week signed a protocol agreement aimed at boosting and developing computerization in the house and preparing it to host parliamentary conferences.
		In parliament, House Speaker Nabih Berri and the head of the Council for Development and Reconstruction Mahmud Othman signed the protocol with the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lebanon Yves de San.
		Lebanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Nasser Al-Saiidi, who attended the opening, hoped that more agreements would be signed between Lebanon and Syria to increase the level of bilateral trade.
	www.lebanon.com /news/local/1999/9/4.htm (812 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This controversy is not only restricted to the Lebanese issue and the issue of the Lebanese-Syrian relations and not even to the issue of Syria's role in the region, especially in Iraq and Palestine.
		Of course, it is naïve to take into account the declarations of some Lebanese officials in New York and Beirut regarding the legitimacy of the Syrian presence in Lebanon, the amendment of the Lebanese constitution and the extension of Lahoud's term.
		The most basic fact is that the members of the Lebanese parliament are appointed rather than elected and the decision of the Lebanese parliament is governed by a foreign decision.
	english.daralhayat.com /opinion/contributors/10-2004/Article-20041008-79c5ca7e-c0a8-01ed-004f-35395c72f774/story.html (1336 words)

	Lebanese Parliament Reviews Proposed Draft Electricity Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lebanese parliamentary committees are reviewing a proposed draft electricity law to modernize the country’s struggling electricity sector with a view to future privatization of the state-owned power generation company Electricité du Liban (EDL).
		Restructuring EDL, which has accumulated debt of $2.33bn and makes an annual loss of $400mn, is one of the biggest challenges facing the government of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
		The law grants the government permission to transform EDL to one or more joint stock companies, whose shares would be owned by the government.
	www.mees.com /postedarticles/finance/lebanon/a45n27b11.htm (276 words)

	Ain-Al-Yaqeen - July 1, 2005 - Article 7
		Lebanese parliamentary sources said that despite the fact that the elections in which the alliances of the Lebanese forces opposing Syria achieved a dominant victory for the first time since the civil war which took place between 1975- 1990, precise sectarian balance means that the parliamentarians have no option but to support Berri.
		Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri stressed that South Lebanon will remain on the top of the priorities, because of the continuation of the Israeli occupation to a great part of the Lebanese lands.
		Ambassador Feltman voiced confidence in the ability of the Lebanese to launch a credible reform process and to "choose this sort of credible leaders to push forward that credible reform process." He pledged US "good will" to the post-elections government, based on dialogue on the appropriate assistance that the government and Parliament require.
	www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20050701/feat7en.htm (2368 words)

	SUNY-CLD. Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Organized by the Forum for Parliamentary Dialogue (FPD), the Lebanese Parliament Secretary General for External Affairs, SUNY/CLD, and USAID, the seminar dealt with the importance of collaboration between the legislature and civic associations, existing challenges to a useful dialogue, and obstacles to the full participation of associations in shaping public policy.
		Following several years of sustained work with the Lebanese Parliament, the Center agreed with parliamentary officials that a workshop addressing current challenges facing the legislature should be organized.
		A set of recommendations were developed designed to enhance the role of Parliament as a democratic institution, strengthen constituent relations, and develop a modern institutional structure through the use of information technology.
	www.suny-cld.edu.lb /ui/confandws.aspx (845 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Car bomb kills anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate
		A car bomb explosion killed Gebran Tueni, a staunchly anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate, in Beirut on Monday, police said.Three other people died and 10 were wounded in the blast that blew up Tueni's armoured sports utility vehicle as it was driving in the Mekalis area of mainly Christian east Beirut.
		But as she prepares to lay out her government's priorities in her first major speech to parliament on Wednesday, signs are already emerging that she will run Germany very differently from her predecessor Gerhard Schroeder, especially in foreign policy More details...
		According to preliminary results from Sunday's election, the seat was won with 52 percent of the votes by Janysh Kudaibergenov, a relative of businessman Jyrgalbek Surabaldiyev, a strong supporter of the ousted government who held the seat until he was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in June More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /politics/2005/12/12/69658.html (2117 words)

	Lebanese Parliament page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Forum considers the House of the Parliament as the most important institution in the civil society, since the members of the parliament represent the lebanese people and their opinions.
		Consequently, the Forum strived to open channels of communication with the Parliament through the office of the Parliament (Bureau), the deputies and the parliamentary commissions.
		This workshop represents the first activity of this project, which aims at strengthening frameworks, instruments and mechanisms of public policy dialogue between the Lebanese Parliament and the Non-Governmental Organizations, in order to enhance civil society participation in public policy-making.
	www.lnf.org.lb /lebanese.html (612 words)

	The Head Heeb: Lebanese politics for beginners, part 2
		The first thing to remember about Lebanese political parties, as mentioned in Part 1 of this series, is that they aren't the dominant force in national politics.
		Every crisis period in Lebanese history - the Ottoman era, the French Mandate, the National Pact period and the civil war - has given birth to political parties, and the formation of each corresponds to the political awakening of their constituent groups.
		One Lebanese feudal family I'd appreciate your comments on would be the Alawites especially given their dominant role in Syria and their personification in the interim leader of Iraq.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/027750.html (9645 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The UN resolution came as the Lebanese parliament was to meet Friday at 6 p.m.
		The proposed constitutional amendment is expected to gain the support of two-third of the Lebanese members of parliament.
		US Ambassador to the UN John Danforth, for his part, said it was necessary to act quickly before the Lebanese parliament allows the Lebanese president to stay for other term in office.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-09/03/article06.shtml (686 words)

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