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Conflict Incident Report
Activists hold mock elections in Beirut to denounce delayed elections
Date of incident:
May 21, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Lebanese Civilians
Activists protested and held mock elections in Downtown Beirut to denounce the postponement of Parliamentary elections.
A Parliament for the Whole Country gathered in Beirut Souks where ballots were symbolically cast to decry the stalemate in endorsing a new electoral law and holding parliamentary elections.
The move, part of weekly activities, comes in support “of holding parliamentary elections as soon as possible on the basis of citizenship.”
Ballots had slots to say yes or no for the extension of terms or the “choice of citizenship,” which they define as proportionality, large electoral constituencies and equality among the Lebanese.
“Extension (of terms) won’t pass,” one banner read.
Primary category:
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary):
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
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