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Minister Hassan for inclusion of women’s quota in electoral law
24-5-2019
The minister of interior, Raya Hassan, said yesterday that she seeks to include a women’s representation quota in the municipal and electoral laws. Hassan, who was speaking during a conference: ‘Parliamentary elections 2022: Electoral reform and gender equality’ planned by UNDP and EU Delegation to Lebanon, pledged to work in the coming years to introduce all reforms and proposals to this effect. She further pointed to three electoral occasions, including presidential, municipal and parliamentary elections, warning, “we have to get a move on.” The minister also pressed for introducing the required reforms in cooperation with civil society groups, saying "this allows us to take on recommendations and ideas in the forthcoming period, namely, Speaker Berri’s proposal and others". “We will have the opportunity to comment on all relevant draft bills, for we are interested in reaching a comprehensive plan based on the recommendations of all political factions. Subsequently, this will form a sketch for the upcoming electoral reforms,” Hassan stated. Concurrently, a delegation from the Lebanese Council of Women, led by Iqbal Doughan, visited the head of the Kataeb Party, MP Sammy Gemayel, and discussed with him the draft law related to women’s representation quota in the municipal elections. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, May 24, 2019)
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