2009 Parliamentary elections - Who will you vote for?

[Venom]

Originally Posted by sanfour

i still don't know who i will vote for but certainly i will NOT vote for
Geageaists....having said that, it doesn't make me want to vote
for FPM either...

not voting for FPM means voting for Hariristan and Geageaistan

[Dark Angel]

Originally Posted by Dry Ice

One can be affiliated and still have a personalized program that fits under the party he/she is affiliated to but still goes into details - however the most important part also remains in application.

If the people don't ask for such levels of details then politicians would certainly not care.

For starters, can someone link to the various electoral programs of the different parties for 2009?

programs only make sense if the parliamentary majority has some executive power to carry out its plans. the 2005 elections were rather weird cause the parliamentary majority had no program, they were elected a la "la3younak w tekram 3aynak".

FPM was the only party running based on declared program, even though the program itself was not compatible with some of the figures running on FPM's lists; but the next few months will put FPM's credibility to the test as far as its performance in the government is concerned; so far things look promising, tabourian, mario aoun and bassil seem to be doing a better than average job.

[Red Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Dark Angel

programs only make sense if the parliamentary majority has some executive power to carry out its plans. the 2005 elections were rather weird cause the parliamentary majority had no program, they were elected a la "la3younak w tekram 3aynak".

FPM was the only party running based on declared program, even though the program itself was not compatible with some of the figures running on FPM's lists; but the next few months will put FPM's credibility to the test as far as its performance in the government is concerned; so far things look promising, tabourian, mario aoun and bassil seem to be doing a better than average job.

i'm voting for a political party cuz i support its agenda. whoever that party names or allies with on its list is of lesser importance to me, cuz in the end our electoral law allow only alliances and parties to get their MPs through.
independant MPs that are freelancing don't exist here, unless they decide to later on 'dump' their electoral alliance. i won't bother with that..

if the electoral law allowed for small regions to elect only 1 mp for them, then my calculations would change. i would have more details to consider.

[godling]

Free Patriotic Movement all the waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy 8o|... √

[zixx]

منصمد بالأرض لي فيها مجد وقوّة وعنفوان
وعد علينا منبقى فيها منحمي أرزك يا لبنان

[hanoun]

i vote to generale aoun

[I Love Lebanon]

change and reform --> ORANGE

[Arze]

Orange all the way without any hesitation or doubt.
Long Live GMA
Long Live Lebanon

[GeneralPC]

FPM/Marada and their allies (not hezballah if he allies to joumblatt/hariri)

[Dry Ice]

Originally Posted by Dark Angel

programs only make sense if the parliamentary majority has some executive power to carry out its plans. the 2005 elections were rather weird cause the parliamentary majority had no program, they were elected a la "la3younak w tekram 3aynak".

FPM was the only party running based on declared program, even though the program itself was not compatible with some of the figures running on FPM's lists; but the next few months will put FPM's credibility to the test as far as its performance in the government is concerned; so far things look promising, tabourian, mario aoun and bassil seem to be doing a better than average job.

Dark Angel, why don't you refresh our memories with the previous FPM electoral program, someone post it over here so we could review it