Picture from NowLebanon
Kholoud Succariyeh and Nidal Darwish’s request for civil marriage in Lebanon was not yet approved as Interior Minister Marwan Charbel referred the request to the Justice Ministry’s advisory panel who, and I am quoting him, “did not approve on it due to the absence of a law that regulates civil marriage” [Source].
Weirdly enough though, “Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi told An-Nahar that he was unaware of the advisory panel’s rejection of the civil marriage request” [NowLebanon].
I don’t know who’s telling the truth, but I think the President of the Republic Michel Sleiman should intervene and pressure Marwan Charbel to approve the request since he publicly expressed his support for legalizing civil marriage yesterday via Twitter.
For those who missed it, here are the steps Kholoud & Nidal took to attempt and register the first civil marriage in Lebanon. [Link]
Akid they’ll reject it… they were happy with the tight grip they had on their respective sects and they don’t want to change it to keep the “ta2ifieh!” alive…
I see it this way:
-I want to have a civil marriage in Lebanon–>Go to Cyprus.
-I want to explore and mine natural gas reserves in Lebanon–>Go to Cyprus.
-Any war breaks out of the blue in Lebanon, I cannot go North (you know why), cannot go East (same you know why) and cannot go South (laa sama7a Allah)–>Go to Cyprus. History repeating itself.. but this time i miss Ayia Napa..
Conclusion: I am going to Cyprus, have a civil marriage, establish my own gas mining business to suck away the so called “Lebanese share”, and live happily ever after while the idiots here figure out which election law gets them a bigger herd to vote for them.