The My Right campaign, the national campaign to implement political rights for people with disabilities, continues to hold its preparatory sessions for the 2023 municipal and electoral elections. The second session was held on Thursday, March 16, 2023, remotely via Zoom, with the participation of 17 volunteers from the Beirut and Mount Lebanon branches of the LUPD.

The session included a presentation by the Secretary of the LUPD, Jihad Ismail, on the political rights of persons with disabilities in the applicable laws in general and the right to vote in particular, and the human rights knowledge needed to monitor the voting process.

Accordingly, this awareness-raising dialog among the participants centered on the concepts in the following points: The definition of elections, how to use elections as a tool for accountability, the difference between municipal and parliamentary elections, the need to hold municipal elections, how to access information related to elections, the role of municipal councils and their powers as local authorities, the oversight authority in municipal councils, and an overview of the citizen’s role in holding the municipal council accountable.

After Beirut and Mount Lebanon, the campaign will continue to hold preparatory sessions for the upcoming municipal elections in the South, Bekaa and North, before holding training workshops for fixed and field observers.