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BT Vancouver - Feed Democracy Campaign launched
Some Metro Vancouver restaurants, bars and coffee shops are taking part in the "Feed Democracy" campaign. The goal is to increase voter turnout by meeting with customers and reminding them...
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Beirut Lebanese lawmakers voted Wednesday to extend their parliamentary mandate for a second time, citing the difficult security climate in the country and spillover from the war ravaging neighboring Syria.
The parliamentary extension to June 2017 a total of eight years in power underlines Lebanons nervousness over the political and sectarian violence sweeping Syria and Iraq.
On top of the postponed parliamentary elections, Lebanon has a presidential vacuum: Lawmakers have repeatedly failed to convene in sufficient numbers to elect a new head of state. The presidential palace in the hills above Beirut has been vacant since May, the end of President Michel Suleiman's six-year term.
Lebanon is often hailed as a rare beacon of democracy in the Arab world, but it is a dysfunctional democracy at best. Since 2005, when Syria removed its steely grip from the country, Lebanon has stumbled from one political crisis to another; paralysis and deadlock are becoming the norm.
The last time Lebanese citizens were allowed to hold a parliamentary vote was in 2009 when 128 lawmakers were elected for the customary four-year term. However, in May 2013, parliament decided to extend its mandate for 17 months because lawmakers said that insecurity made it impossible to hold a nationwide poll on time.
Under the constitution, once parliamentary elections are held, the serving government moves into a caretaker capacity pending the naming of a new prime minister and the formation of a new cabinet. The president appoints prime ministers following consultations with the elected lawmakers. However, with no president in power, holding elections at this time threatened a constitutional deadlock and governmental paralysis.
On the other hand, some politicians believe that the results of a new parliamentary election could hasten a vote for a president, which in turn would permit the constitutional appointment of a new prime minister and government.
Two Christian political parties, including the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), the largest Christian party, boycotted Tuesday's vote to extend parliament.
Holding elections could have been a solution to the presidential election and not vice versa, said Gibran Bassil, the Lebanese foreign minister and a leading figure in the FPM.
Under Lebanons power-sharing formula, the presidency is restricted to Maronite Catholics. So far, the two main rival political blocks have rejected each others candidates and have been unable to agree on a consensus figure.
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HONG KONG
Students calling for full democracy for Chinese-ruled Hong Kong are hoping to take their protest to Communist Party rulers in Beijing and are expected to announce details of their new battle plan on Thursday.
The move signals a shift in the focus of the protests in the former British colony away from the Hong Kong government which has said it has limited room for maneuver.
But China is highly unlikely to allow any known pro-democracy activists into Beijing, especially if the trip coincides with this weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Beijing.
I think one of the ways we can solve this problem is to go to Beijing personally and have a direct dialog with Beijing officials on this matter since the (Hong Kong) government claims that all decisions have to be passed up to the NPC, Alex Chow, leader of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS), said last week, referring to China's parliament, the National People's Congress.
Pro-democracy protesters
The protesters blocked key roads leading into three of Hong Kong's most economically and politically important districts for weeks.
The campaign drew well over 100,000 at its peak and hundreds remain camped out at the main protest site in Admiralty, home to government offices and next to the main financial district.
The HKFS has not yet said whether its planned trip was to coincide with APEC, which would mean, if allowed, it would take place in front of an audience of world leaders.
Another student leader, Nathan Law, said details would be revealed on Thursday.
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5/8 Chris Hedges Sheldon Wolin: Can Capitalism Democracy Coexist ?
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