NOW Lebanon: Lebanon’s general amnesty law has cleared a major hurdle after the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge to the legislation on October 12, allowing the law to proceed towards implementation. But the decision has left questions over how some of its…
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Al Jadeed: “It has taken effect”... The Constitutional Council rejected the challenge to the general amnesty law. Al Jadeed’s correspondent reported that the Constitutional Council rejected the challenge to the general amnesty law, with a partial annulment and the addition of interpretive clarifications to some of its articles, making the law effective. He added that the decision is 36 pages long and is expected to be issued…
Al Jadeed: The Constitutional Council overturns part of the General Amnesty Law... details with a correspondent…
National News Agency: The National News Agency—Watania—reported that MP Abdul Rahman al-Bizri ruled out the results of the Israeli elections changing, in the foreseeable future, the nature of Israel’s expansionist course in Lebanon and its pursuit of remaining in Lebanese territory for long periods and imposing conditions, regardless of the identity of the next government. In an interview with “Sawt Kol…
