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Directorate General of Lebanese Interior Ministry sets deadline dates for submitting the electoral permissions and for withdrawing the nominations:

A-The period for submitting the permissions ends at the hour 24 of Friday on 11/8/2000 for both Mount Lebanon and North Districts.

B-The period for withdrawing the nominations ends at the hour 24 of Wednesday on 16/8/2000 for the above mentioned Districts.

Dr. Fouad Metni says: "Yes for representing people, but no for acting on them."

MP Dr. Hussein Yatim says: "President Nabih Berri undertakes full responsibility of alienating me, so do ask him." He added: "Forfeiting started when detailed names were imposed on the lists."

Chief of National Audio-visual Press Council Nasser Kandil continues his trips, with his electoral campaign, visiting many Beiruti families and meeting in Nahmeh families of Arab Slaughter and Quarantine.

Ahmad Tabbara, famous by his deeds and activities in his father Toufic Tabbara's Educational Center, says: "Nothing would be more right than the right itself."

MP Samir Azar replies at MP Nadim Salem's comments, saying "MP Nadim Salem rode the 'bus', the subject of complaint, during the previous eight years, and at the same time being distinguished through handling Ministry portfolios for three times." MP Azar denied accusing MP Salem of attending meetings held by Liberation & Development Mass, in a way to confiscate other's opinion. MP Samir Azar, with Attorney Georges Najm and Dr. Antoine Khoury are the final names in Jezzine, and they all focus on obtaining Christian voters. But, the boycotting tune still appears, whereas other lists prepare their alliances.

Hezbollah's and Amal Momvement's sources agree that the decision has been taken for assaulting the elections on compromise basis, so as to protect the victory of the liberation. Hezbollah says: "the alliance with Amal Movement arouses from a national urge, and not an electoral one. Monopolizing the decision between Amal and Hezbollah is not of our responsibility, it lies under the ceiling of law."

President Kamel Asaad's supporters arranged for him a crowdy reception in Kfartibnit, where he returned to his residence, in Nabatieh. President Asaad denies domination and mandate on the people. He was received on shoulders, from the courtyard of the Governmental Saray in nabatieh, to his Party's office in the public square. Rice and roses were thrown on him, together with women's shrills, and flying pigeons. He continued: "We are united facing the hands, which cut and not plant, and what unites us, is our free conscience and belief in Lebanon, in particular, in the South, and our rejection to the forms of domination, oppression and mandating the nation, who is the only owner of power."

As per Ad-diyar 14/8: "Christians' rage in the South exceeds the divisions issue, to finding themselves in a stage of being minimized in role and existence, because all profits were divided openly between Amal Movement and Hezbollah".

Minister of Information Anwar Khalil says that "We are facing big challenges, we have to confront them so as to protect the Lebanese victory. So, in order to complete the liberation of all southern lands, we have also to liberate the Southerner's abilities to share in re-construction on all levels."

Socialist 24 October Movement supports fully Charles Ayoub in Batroun. Ayoub says: "Let's unmask together the dirty political game." He also urges voters to use history and their conscience in voting.

Sunni Fayssal Dernaika exposed his program infront of Tripolitans saying that there is a chance for the walls of the lists to be penetrated.

Sunni Abdul Nasser Raad nominates himself on Tripoli, as the Syrian National Social Party allowed its members to nominate themselves to the elections.

A seed of a third list in North Second District appears, launched between Bassam Dayeh and Nabih Chahine.

MP Musbah Ahdab clarified that he is not working on installing a third list for the North Second District, and that, he is on the way to work with a small group. He mentioned to the press conference in his residence in Tripoli, that the main Agenda should be that of development in the social and economical domains. This Agenda should be offered to citizens, but unfortunately it is still absent."

Hassan Ezzeddine announced himself to Tripoli, after having Syrian National Social Party allowed its members to nominate freely.

MP Jihad Samad urged citizens to densely vote, saying that the alliances in the list of "Popular Will" come as result of harmony between its members.

The ball now is in Dr. Aleber Mkhaiber's playgroun, so as to determine his alternatives, after Pierre Gemayyel's decision to nominate himself alone. MP Nassib Lahhoud still waits for having the mediators end their mission successfully, so as to complete his list. A preparatory meeting is set for announcing officially the list of MP Nassib Lahhoud, who says, in reply to Minister Michel Murr: "When the politician becomes irrational, he uses bad words." Nassib Lahhoud denoted to the agreement of all to keep the fourth Maronite seat in his list vacant, whereas the Second Orthodox seat will remain hung to the circumstances of the events, and to Dr. Albert Mkhaiber's attitudes.

MP Talal Arslan announced his support to the list of "Chouf For All" renewing his refusal to the imposed will of the Power of Sinful Money, as he calls it, during a popular reception gathering many people from different directions of the Mountain.

A Third List was announced in Keserwan by Dr. Youssef Khalil, from Annaya-Jbeil: Dr. Youssef Khalil, Attorney Joseph Abou Charaf, Engineer Clovis Khazen, Attorney Antoine Hkayyem, Attorney Elie Zwein (Keserwan). MP Dr. Mahmoud Awwad, Attorney Jean Hawwat, Attorney Fadi Rouhana Sakr (Jbeil).

Former Minister and MP Fares Bweiz announced the birth of the list of "Popular Decision" in Adma, saying: "They want a voiceless parliament, but, we won't yield under the stress of overwhelming and minimizing." His speech was pronounced among crowdy electoral festival attendants, in Regency Palace Hotel in Adman, introducing his list as follows: Cheikh Farid Khazen, Mrs. Gilberte Zwein, Attorney Maroun Abou Charaf, Dr. Chaker Salameh, in addition to Fares Bweiz (Keserwan), MP Emile Nawfal, Dr. Francois Bassil, and Abbas Hachem (Jbeil).

Chouf Bachar Boustani says: "Being withdrawn, does not mean my retirement off the political career."

Maronite Dr. Nabil Ghanem believes in Lebanon and Lebanese, saying that what is required now "is a grand rescuing workshop in the economical domain."

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