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Launching of a new optional civil marriage draft bill
3-11-2017
The president of the Beirut Bar Association Antonio Hashem launched a new draft bill for the optional civil marriage during a seminar yesterday at the BBA premises. On this, Al Akhbar today said it is not entirely new, as work started back in 2014 under BBA then president George Greij and was completed by a committee of young activist lawyers. In June 2017, the said committee submitted the 101-article draft to the Bar who approved it, Al Akhbar wrote. The draft bill is inspired by contemporary legislations adopted by secular groups and is also based on previous draft laws devised here in Lebanon, the newspaper said. The draft bill, as presented in the preface edited by lawyer Ibrahim Trabulsi who heads the committee, is noted by the following aspects: it is optional and does not encroach upon religious marriage; it observes equality and pursues modernity and ensures gender equality in many areas, including granting parental authority to both parents, imparting the power of marriage to the notary public according to the modern legislation and sparing them the burden of travel to conclude the marriage. It also protects the family from breakup since the authority responsible for the marriage contract is one for all, and it realizes equality in rights and duties despite the religious differences. Despite some glitches, Hashem described the new draft law as fresh and modern and satisfies the crave of a large segment of society, stressing that there is no escape from setting up the civil state. In conclusion, Hashem appealed to everyone to participate in the birth of a new civil state where no one shall be subject to coercion by religion neither shall be denied his religion. (AL Akhbar, An Nahar, AL Diyar, November 3, 2017)
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