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The Progressive Socialist Party, the main representative of the Druze community, has supported both blocs at different points. After the Revolution of 17 October 2019 , a series of large-scale protests against the country's economic situation and political elites, a third bloc has emerged, of non-sectarian groups advocating for wide-scale reform.
Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities.
Lebanon has universal adult suffrage. The parliament's major functions are to elect the President of the republic, to approve the government (although appointed by the President, the Prime Minister , along with the Cabinet, must retain the confidence of a majority in the Parliament), and to approve laws and expenditure.
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its allies lost their parliamentary majority, final elections results showed Tuesday, while more than a dozen independent newcomers gained seats.
The ruling party in a parliamentary system is the political party or coalition of the majority in parliament. ... Lebanon: Multi-party: Acting gov't: FPM, ...
Following the 2022 Lebanese general election, 128 members of parliament were elected, including 68 incumbents and 7 women.The election marked significant gains for independent candidates of varying political persuasions and marked the first time since the 1992 Lebanese general election that the Future Movement did not participate.
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party; Solidarity Party (Lebanon) Supreme Islamic Shia Council; Syriac Union Party (Lebanon) Syrian Social Nationalist Party – Intifada Wing; Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon
Under the terms of the agreement, Israel will gradually withdraw its forces from Lebanon over a period of 60 days, with the Lebanese army then set to control territory near its border to ensure ...