Electoral Stock Market of 02.09.2000

Tomorrow Sunday, September 3, 2000, will be the second and the last stage of elections 2000, for Beirut, South and Bekaa Provinces, in order to complete the 128 sets of the Parliament.

The voters number: 1,437,377 - Candidates are 259 for the remaining 65 seats. Some candidates are nominated individually, and some through lists.


  • South Province

MP Bahiya Hariri calls for issuing the law, which allows for the 18 years old to vote.

Sunni Hussein Zainab calls for fortifying the unity of the society through democratic climates, and to intensify voting to prove this democracy, and to support eh state of establishments and law.

An electoral festival was made supporting Greek Catholics MP Nadim Salem, attended by MP Nassib Lahhoud and the Southern Opposition, in Lebaa, Jezzine Coast, in the presence of Communist Saadallah Mazraani, Workers' Chief Elias Abou Rizk, and Former MP Habib Sadek. The latter calls to establish a wide rescuing Opposing front and to open a dialogue so as to found a neo-independence movement. Elias Abou Rizk answers on President Berri by accusing him of making advantage of the Authority and violating the democratic fundamentals.

Sunni Akram Farhat calls for voting to the Southern conscience to regain Shebaa Farms.


  • Beirut Province

An Armenian Appeal in As-safir today, for voting to the Armenian candidates in Beirut, who represent the 85% of the Armenian sect's sons. The Armenian candidates of Beirut are:

Mehran Safarian (Second District), Arthur Nazharian, Agop Bakradouni, Estephan Obejian (Third District), Abraham Dedeyan (First District).

President Salim Hoss says, "I do not search a political future, and won't allow any parasiting on my ruling record. They had spoilt the political atmosphere, and Beirut will not vote for the corrupters and who invested for the war." He pronounced his long speech during an electoral party made on his honor in Long Beach.

The Chief of Islamic Charitable Makassed Organziation MP Tammam Salam visited Deputy Chief of Superior Islamic Chiite Council Jaafari Moufti Cheikh Abdul Amir Kabalan. MP Salam called for establishing a government of accord for rising through the events, in particular the economical ones.

President Rafic Hariri calls for a political movement to protect the democratic regime. He continues, "The present policies do not achieve the change, and do not make the country rise. No way to accomplish the Agreement within a State lead by closed rooms." He pronounced his speech in an electoral central festival yesterday night in Caracas area, in the presence of the Dignity members: MP's: Bechara Merhej, Adnan Arakji, Michel Pharaon, Yeghia Jerjian, Former MP Mohammad Kabbani, Ghattas Khoury, Atef Majdalani, Bassel Flaihan, Ghinwa Jalloul, Gahzi Aridi, Jean Oghasapian, Judge Walid Eido, Basem Yamout, Agop Kassarjian, Nabil DeFrege, Serje Sarkissian, and Nasser Kandil.


  • Bekaa Province

Chiite Baalbeck-Hermel Dr. Mohammad Hajj Sulaiman had lived deprivation and poverty, but he triumphed over them by firm will.

Zhaleh District had one of its lists named by Popular Mass, headed by MP Elie Skaff, members of MP Nicola Fattouch, Mohammad Ali Maiss, MP Mohsin Dalloul, MP Khalil Hrawi, Mkhayel Debs, MP Georges Kassarji, its most huge festival in its electoral history, where about ten thousand people of the list supporters attended in solidarity with its members. This list has its slogan: 'A unique decision, way and goal. People's decision is in their hands, and their strength is in their solidarity'.

Duraid Yaghi of Baalbeck still continues, after forty years of struggle. He is for the Socialist seat.

Baalbeck-Hermel Ali Mohammad Husseini continued his electoral trips and set popular conventions in Nabi Cheit, Bednayel, Kssarnebba, Hadath Baalbeck and Timneen Faouka.

Farouk Dahrouj might be the only Communist MP for West Bekaa-Rachaya District.

Sayyed Hassan Nassrallah penetrates the wall of silence and answers on Cheikh Tfeily without naming him: "To make the Resistance as betrayers, and to work on penetrating Hezbollah's class won't lift up the deprivation on Baalbeck-Hermel!" Sayyed Nassrallah also says, "The alliance with Amal is political and not electoral." He calls for not scratching-out.

Cheikh Soubhi Tfeily says, "Hezbollah's withdrawal from the South is against it and against the Resistance."


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