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Parties failed women during 2018 elections
10-5-2018
Prime Minister Saad Hariri congratulated Lebanese women for winning in the elections, tweeting: “Congratulations to the women of Lebanon their six seats in the Legislature and Mabrook to the Future Movement its winning half of these seats’. Our struggle to advocate women’s rights and support their active political engagement is long and unceasing.” Similarly, the minister of state for women’s affairs, Jean Ogassapian, said in an address to the new women lawmakers, that he was anticipating a larger share for women in the parliament, pledging to strive for reaching a minimum of 30% quota. For her part, NCLW chief, Claudine Aoun Rukuz, said the Commission will seek to improve women’s representation in parliament through demanding the inclusion of a transitional women’s quota in the electoral law in order to pursue political parties to change the repetitive political practices in recruiting their candidates. Rukuz disclosed that NCLW shall work to increase the number of women ministers in the upcoming cabinet, lamenting that parties in Lebanon have failed to back women. On the other hand, Jumana Haddad, candidate on Beirut 1st District (https://bit.ly/2InGdbT), is preparing to appeal before the Constitutional Council, noting that she has submitted a petition through her agent Melhem Khalaf, to the minister of interior to obtain the necessary documents to this effect. (AL Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, May 10, 2018)
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