Posted By
Najib
Sep 12, 2021 08:42
Lebanon's newly appointed information minister, TV star George Kordahi, called on the media in his first official statement to refrain from hosting politicians who claim that we will go to hell. He continued by asking those to let the government and calm down. This statement was strongly condemned by many journalists and the Journalists for Freedom movement which issued the below statement: ٢- لا يا سيادة الإعلامي الوزير، لست أنت ولا أي مسؤول آخر يقرر…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 10, 2021 12:59
The parliamentary law adopted in 2017 was the first to allow expats to cast their votes; however the rules were very poorly publicized, turnout was low, registered voters lists were leaked and the whole process turned out to be a big mess. To make things worse, this same law stated that the Lebanese diaspora will have the right to vote for 6 seats only in 2022, but it did not clarify which seats expats are…
Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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