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DISCONTENT WITH THE LAW ON DELEGATES IN LEBANON

Politics

This morning Catholicos Aram I had a telephone conversation with Lebanon President Emil Lahood. The main theme of the conversation was the “Delegate electoral Code” amended in 2000. Let us remind you that according to that code the places allotted to the Armenian delegates in the Lebanon Parliament had been reduced.

Catholicos Aram I expressed his disagreement with the law and said the one of the main principles of democracy is the participation of the people in the elections and the right to elect their representative. The Lebanon President has agreed with the complaint and informed that a letter has already been sent to the Parliament.

By the way, Catholicos Aram I had represented the same issue in yesterday’s meeting with the US Ambassador to Lebanon.