the woodwork
Aoun's back tomorrow. The warrant on him has been called off by the Criminal Court. The General is, indeed, coming back to town. People are flipping out.
Also, the elections are going to be held on time, probably under 2000 election law. That's a pretty problematic thing, since those conditions are seen as favoring the loyalist pro-Syrian camp. There's been some vague talk about a boycott of elections, but nothing concrete yet. The problems with the standing elections law is basically an issue of jerrymandering. As it is, the voting districts are large, which marginalizes the mostly anti-Syrian Christian parties. The changes called for in the electoral law would shrink the existing voting districts, but nobody can quite agree how. Jumblatt's moving towards accepting the 2000 law, which would constitute a major break with the rest of the Opposition.
In Geagea news, his release is still being negotiated along with the usual massive downtown protests. My friend Munir thinks that there's no way that they'll get him out before the election, but I'm not so sure. I tried to make him bet me on it at a party Wednesday night, but he wouldn't commit. The conclusion, as always, is who the hell knows.
Toby's coming soon, which means super Lebanon road trip.
Sorry for using the word "prison" and its derivatives so much last entry. Oops.
Also, the elections are going to be held on time, probably under 2000 election law. That's a pretty problematic thing, since those conditions are seen as favoring the loyalist pro-Syrian camp. There's been some vague talk about a boycott of elections, but nothing concrete yet. The problems with the standing elections law is basically an issue of jerrymandering. As it is, the voting districts are large, which marginalizes the mostly anti-Syrian Christian parties. The changes called for in the electoral law would shrink the existing voting districts, but nobody can quite agree how. Jumblatt's moving towards accepting the 2000 law, which would constitute a major break with the rest of the Opposition.
In Geagea news, his release is still being negotiated along with the usual massive downtown protests. My friend Munir thinks that there's no way that they'll get him out before the election, but I'm not so sure. I tried to make him bet me on it at a party Wednesday night, but he wouldn't commit. The conclusion, as always, is who the hell knows.
Toby's coming soon, which means super Lebanon road trip.
Sorry for using the word "prison" and its derivatives so much last entry. Oops.
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