“The elections are due in June. However, there are two factors that might delay it. The month of Ramadan and the final days of the school year coincide with the elections” Khalil said. Teachers who will be deployed at the voting centers can only perform this task after the school year ends, Khalil added. He said that a proportional electoral law reflects the will of the voters. However, he did not rule out reaching an agreement on a hybrid law. “Fair representation is achieved through proportionality with extensive electoral constituencies,” Amal MP Hani Qobeisi was quoted by the NNA as saying during a south Lebanon memorial service.

Amal officials who joined Hezbollah and Free Patriotic Movement in lobbying for a proportional law have proposed a hybrid formula that would blend both majority and proportional voting systems.

The Future movement, Lebanese Forces and Progressive Socialist Party have also proposed a hybrid law.

FPM MP Ibrahim Kanaan said Sunday during an interview with Radio VDL 93.3 that his party would meet with parliamentary blocs to reach common ground on the expected electoral law.

Lebanese parties are divided between adopting a proportional vote law or a hybrid electoral law, but they are expected to reach a settlement which includes aspects of the proportional and current winner-takes-all systems.