Posted By
Najib
Oct 08, 2021 04:15
The Lebanese parliament could not be bothered today to allocate more than two minutes to discuss a women’s quota in the upcoming 2022 elections. The proposal to amend Article 2 of the electoral law which secures 26 seats for women in the parliament and forces electoral lists to include 40% of female candidate was quickly dismissed. This is the second time that the parliament has failed to include a women’s quota in the law and…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 30, 2021 04:29
Lebanon's New Minister Of Environment Nasser Yassin has declared that he won't be opening the hunting season this year, but the season was already declared dead since early September due to the economic crisis. There are no official numbers to back this statement but L'Orient Le Jour published an article interview owners of hunting shops who admitted they were enormous losses this season. In fact, the prices of ammunition as well shotguns and equipment have…
BeirutBlast
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Critiques
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