With parliamentary elections coming up in 2013, most politicians have started the age-old debate on what next year's electoral law will be. With little agreement on an appropriate electoral law for the country, Lebanese politicians engage in political bickering every election cycle until they finally reach a political settlement on the type of law that will be adopted.
Lebanon this week voted against suspending Syria from the Arab League, exacerbating divisions between the Hezbollah-led cabinet and the March 14 alliance, and putting Prime Minister Mikati in a tight spot.
As Parliament meets to approve draft laws after half a year of political paralysis, civil society organizations and the Lebanese diaspora are hoping that the cabinet will approve an electoral reform law allowing expats to vote in the 2013 parliamentary elections, among other reforms.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced that electoral reform would be one of his cabinet's main prioritie
