{"id":13008,"date":"2025-10-12T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T10:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2025\/10\/12\/diaspora-groups-urge-government-to-pass-draft-bill-ensuring-full-voting-rights-in-parliamentary-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:36:12","slug":"diaspora-groups-urge-government-to-pass-draft-bill-ensuring-full-voting-rights-in-parliamentary-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2025\/10\/12\/diaspora-groups-urge-government-to-pass-draft-bill-ensuring-full-voting-rights-in-parliamentary-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaspora Groups Urge Government to Pass Draft Bill Ensuring Full Voting Rights in Parliamentary Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde7 Your Voice. Your Vote. Your Right.<\/p>\n

In just seven months, Lebanon heads to the polls to elect a new parliament \u2014 and the outcome will shape the nation\u2019s future. Remember: in Lebanon\u2019s parliamentary system, real power lies with the 128 elected MPs, not the President or Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

But the right of the diaspora to vote for their local candidates is under threat. A proposed law for the 2026 elections would limit over 1 million eligible Lebanese abroad to voting for just six MPs representing entire continents \u2014 a system that silences regional representation and weakens diaspora influence.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why 19 Lebanese diaspora organizations have united to send an urgent appeal to the Prime Minister and Cabinet: to restore the constitutional right of non-resident Lebanese to vote where they are registered, abolish the six-seat cap, and reaffirm equality for all citizens.<\/p>\n

We call on all Lebanese \u2014 at home and abroad \u2014 to stand for this cause and defend your democratic rights.
\nBecause Lebanon\u2019s future must belong to its people \u2014 not its politicians.<\/p>\n

#Lebanon #Diaspora #Elections2026 #RightToVote #LebaneseDiaspora<\/p>\n

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