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Lebanese president rules out postponement of elections

09 November 2012 21:46 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman ruled out Friday the postponement of next year’s parliamentary elections, stressing that "the rotation of power is the right path in democratic life", the National News Agency reported.

The NNA quoted Suleiman in remarks to a delegation from the Loyalty to the Nation Movement as saying "in no way the elections would be postponed because the rotation of power is the first path in the practice of democracy".

The president called for a modern electoral law that would represent all factions in Lebanon, urging the civil society to intensity its campaigns towards openness and the consolidation of diversity that Lebanon is an example of.

Parliament has yet to approve an election law before the polls that are scheduled to be held in the spring of 2013.

The government adopted a law that divides Lebanon into 13 electoral districts and is based on proportionality.