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Denaturalization of the naturalized: 60 Shia’a, 37 Sunni and 49 Syriac Orthodox

Many persons were granted Lebanese nationality by virtue of Decree No. 5247, dated June 20, 1994. The Muslims greeted the 1994 naturalization decree with great support while the Christians challenged its adoption.”

Bickering over this decree and its demographic repercussions lingered until October 2011 when two decrees stipulating nationality withdrawal from certain persons were issued.

Information International participates in ESOMAR seminar

ESOMAR, the world organization for opinion and market research, held a seminar “The Role of Opinion Polling in the Election Process” in Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel on Tuesday 6th December 2011.

The seminar was under the patronage of former Interior Minister Ziad Baroud..

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2013 Parliamentary Elections: The Muslims vote for the Christians and vice versa

Many formulas are being discussed for the 2013 electoral law in Lebanon. Some propose a proportionality-based law according to new electoral districts, others support proportionality in Lebanon as one district while a good few prefer the adoption of the current law. Former Deputy Speaker Elie Ferzli suggested an electoral law enabling each sect to vote for its own MPs so that the Maronites elect their 34 deputies while Sunni voters determine their 27 Sunni seats and likewise the Shia’a.

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Beirut Theater owners announced their willingness to sell the theater and called for its closure at the beginning of 2012. Upon this announcement, a number of activists, artists, intellectual and legal scholars held a meeting with Decibel- a group consisting of deaf artists who re-launched the theater in 2009- to discuss all legal means possible to safeguard the theater and save it from demolition and closure.

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