Holding Elections in a Single Day is an Important Accomplishment
Interior Minister Ziad Baroud on Saturday said holding parliamentary elections in a single day would be one of the most important accomplishments of his ministry.
Baroud told An-Nahar daily that he is awaiting a report from the defense minister on the measures the security forces would take to handle such a huge step, if adopted.
"I telephoned the defense minister… and he told me that we would soon receive a report on how the defense ministry and the Army Command would handle the elections in a single day… if this issue was adopted then it would be one of our most important accomplishments," Baroud said.
He added the ministry would adopt the ID card and the passport as means to identify voters in the 2009 elections because they are not easily forged.
On allowing Lebanese immigrants to vote, the interior minister said that the adoption of such a decision has been postponed till 2013.