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March 22nd, 2013 
Peter Nolan
It gives his Sunni community and the Druze disproportionate strength in the
parliament, but is vehemently opposed by Lebanon’s Christians, who say it
fails to give them representative weight.
Attempts earlier this year to approve an alternative election law failed, and
both Mikati and President Michel Sleiman have called for election
preparations to move forward so the vote can be held on time.
The premier’s resignation also came against the backdrop of his contentious
bid to extend the term of the Sunni head of Lebanon’s Internal Security
Forces, General Ashraf Rifi.
A majority of the government, including Hizbollah and their Christian allies,
opposes extending Rifi’s term, and analysts had suggested Mikati could
resign over that issue alone.
Edited by Chris Irvine, telegraph.co.uk
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