Lebanon's parliament on Thursday passed a bill lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 but the measure will not come into effect in time for the June parliamentary election.
According to AFP, the law needs to be cleared by the cabinet within four months before being ratified.
Lowering the voting age to 18 has been an issue for years with the Shiite Muslim political parties Hizbullah and Amal pushing for the measure as it concerns a large number of their followers.
According to Naharnet, Hizbullah MP Hassan Fadlallah said after the vote that the "ball is now in the cabinet's court." "The cabinet should promptly review the proposal, issue a law and then return the proposal to parliament for adoption," Fadlallah told reporters.
