Municipal Elections Face the Threat of Postponement

Municipal Elections Face the Threat of Postponement

Municipal elections scheduled for next spring might be postponed if the new cabinet does not adopt a decision to reduce voting age to 18 by December 5, pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported Monday.

Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told the newspaper that he had referred to the previous cabinet the draft law approved by parliament to amend the constitution to reduce voting age from 21 to 18.

Involved authorities begin preparing the lists of voters on December 5.

Al-Hayat said Baroud”s insistence to hold the municipal elections on time will push parliamentary blocs to ask for postponement under the pretext of lack of time to make the necessary preparations particularly the short period left to make the constitutional amendment before Dec. 5.