Bassil rejects appointment of men-only FPM committees

The president of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, refused to sign a proposal to appoint 8 out of 29 committees on the level of municipalities and villages because they did not include women members. Accordingly, and based on the FPM bylaws, Bassil approved appointments of 21 committees and 37 members in around 58 Lebanese towns distributed over the cazas of Zahleh, Beirut II Parliamentary Constituency, Akkar, Rashaya, Aley, Baabda, Tyre, Marjeyoon, Hasbaya, Nabatiyeh, Zgharta and Batroon. ( As Safir, Al Diyar, December 13, 2016)