MP Najah Wakim (before his withdrawal) holds a press conference in Carlton Hotel, to announce the names of the candidates on his People's Movement list in the three Beirut Districts. He, with Amin Kammourieh, Jalal Begdache, and Sayed Franjieh, had accepted the invitation for a popular convention, few days ago, in Mar Elias area, speaking of the economical situations, expecting to have General Debt double, as unemployment increases more and more.

MP Bechara Merhej was a guest on the Phalangist House in Achrafieh – Rmeil, where a dialogue with the attendants on political and intellectual cases.

Hezbollah's candidate Mohammad Berjawi continues his trips around the voters.

Yassine Family's Bond convened through its Organization, honoring Dr. Basem Yamout, in Abdul Kader Yassine's.

Chiite Najwa Charara called for opening way to the voters to choose under their own wills.

Maronite Dr. Habibi Zoghbi stressed on the importance of letting the youths participate in the political life through voting and nominating, because the country is in need of a new blood to rush in its political, economical and social cycle.

Chiite Nasser Kandil visited Mutran Boulos Matar stressing on the importance of participating in the elections, meeting Ain El Mreisseh effective figures. He had from National and Union Parties their supports. He met with the Democratic Nasseri Movement's leadership.

Minister Mohammad Youssef Baydoun visited yesterday, Beirut's Orthodox Metropolitan Mutran Elias Awdeh, dealing with the electoral issue.

Member of Superior Islamic Legal Council, Abdul Rahman Chiekha continues his meeting with many Mayors and families of Ras Beirut and Ain Mreisseh.

Engineer Fouad Makhzoumi attended a crowdy populare festival in Karm El Zaytoun, Achrafieh District, meeting its families and leading figures. He pronounced a speech urging all to vote and have the electoral card, because boycotting distances choosing the people's right representatives to the Parliament. He also considered that 'Lebanon could not live but through its two lungs: "the Moslem, and the Christian.

Hariri says that people are fed up of politics, they wish to have job opportunities only. Our program is for every citizen who seeks to live dignified. He stressed on the issue of not scratching any name of his lists, because it would be as if he is been scratched'. That speech was among the crowd in an electoral convention, in which President Rafic Hariri shared with his list candidates: MP's Adnan Arakji, and Michel Pharaon, Chief of Syndicate of Doctors Dr. Ghattas Khoury, Dr. Atef Majdalani, MP Salim Diab who works as manager of Hariri's electoral campaign, Mayors of the Districts, and crowds of citizens. Then, in Aicheh Bakkar street, a religious celebration was made, attended by President Rafic Hariri, and candidates of Dignity list: MP's Bechara Merhej, Adnan Arakji, Yaghia Jerjian, Dr. Bassem Yamout, Judge Walid Eido, former MP Mohammad Kabbani, Dr. Ghinwa Jalloul, Nabil De Frege, Ghazi El Aridi, Bassel Fleihan, Atef Majdalani, Agop Kassarjian, Jean Oghasapian, Serge Tor Sarkissian, crowds of Moslem clergymen, leading figures and citizens.

Dr. Fouad Metni says, "People suffer of the living crisis, and politicians muse them through resonant speeches."

MP Bahiya Hariri announced her nomination and electoral program, saying that, "We are together in the steadfastness and liberation…Rising and liberty. She defined the program's headlines as demanding an electoral law achieving equality and justice, reducing the age for elections, letting youths participate in making decisions, working on a comprehensive construction and developing plan for the South, assisting families of martyrs and liberated prisoners, releasing those who remained in Israeli prisons, urging Israel to compensate on its harming occupation and aggressions against Lebanon, working on the completion of Saida's present outstanding projects, and starting with those, which were not achieved.

Sunni Akram Farhat tours today in the Southern villages, meeting Blida leading figures and visiting Mayor of Ansaray in Hassan Farhat's residence, explaining his electoral program.

Sunni Permanent Judiciary President Omar Zheiri announced his nomination, when popular delegates visited to support him, grateful for his father Mayor Mohammad Salim Zheiri, regarding the latter's patriotic deeds and stands facing the Israeli occupation.

The Democratic current works for a list of 12 candidates so as to polarize Jezzini Opposition figures. Former MP Habib Sadek affirmed of the non-existence of electoral alliance between him and President Kamel Asaad, as both had not yet met, and will not ally, nonetheless. Sadek says, "We are assailing our electoral battle on the basis of our patriotic slogans, and not personal animosities. We are against replacing hegemony instead of another, as the Democratic regime has room for all. On this basis, I stopped my efforts to form a common list with Asaad. Elections resemble only a station, we would not prevent our popular massive voters from voting to President Asaad.

Ghassan Melhem – from the Army to Politics – is a candidate of Liberty and Democracy. He surprised his family, then Baalbeck-Hermel's sons, not only by his nomination decision, also through his agenda, which expresses lot of political consciousness, and seems unusual among many retired militants.

Chiite Adnan Ghazali announces his nomination for West Bekaa-Rachaya in a press conference held in Blue Lake – Seghbine.

MP Botros Harb convened with his coalition list saying that he would not jump into tensions.

Answering Karami and criticizing the governmental performance, Ministers Sulaiman Franjieh and Najib Mikati declared that 'the government ran away from its slogans, and hid in the shadows of the past', and 'all the suggested solutions are not on the level of confronting the worsened situation. Minister Franjieh accuses President Omar Karami of overstepping the line of patriotism.

President Omar Karami intensifies his meetings so as to accomplish his list.

Mohammad Safadi invited in his residence in Tripoli, Zghorta - the Corner's Municipal Chiefs together with their wives, in the presence of Charge D'Affaires (Kaem-makam) Abdul Fattah Othman.

Ad-diyar Editor Charles Ayoub wondered whether 'we need to have our representatives imposed on us or chosen freely by our own wills? Are the voters, on the day of elections, going to handle their voting papers using the sinful way i.e. voting according to the imposed politicians' wills?'

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