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Elections
2000, the news will, consequently, be specialized in this
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HOT NEWS
for 11/7/2000
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Significant
Incidents:
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The
interior local files kept capturing the concern of the
official and popular medias, due to their possible
exposition on more than a domain, and their reflections,
which could take place within the circle of stability.
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The
medias watched carefully, within the regional portrait,
the Plebiscite operation for choosing Brig. Gen. Bachar
Asad, President of Syria, as a successor to his father,
Late President Hafez Asad, and the probable aspects that
the wind of changes might carry to both Syria and Lebanon.
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While
the operation of sorting the votes reached its end, it is
expected that Brig. Gen. Asad will be officially announced
today as President, and a date for the Swearing Assembly
will be appointed lately, probably on the 17 th of this
July. The reformation operations and starting with the new
political plans will be proceeded.
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Interiorly
speaking, the living situation appeared as a priority
among other issues, particularly that Lebanon will be on
appointment with a big workers' demonstration tomorrow,
protesting the deteriorated social situation. Officials
were busy in the talks regarding the situation of the
Cooperatives in Lebanon, in addition to the electricity
issue where the Board of Directors of the Electricity of
Lebanon was sent to trial to be judged.
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As
regarding the South file, the medias wait for the return
of the International Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen from Israel
where he discusses the issues of treating the violations,
in order to determine a point of view towards the
deployment of the International Troops and the Lebanese
Army, and working on the arrangement of a decisive date
for the conference of the Granting Countries.
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The
electoral subject remains the permanent present issue in
these days, as the time for this event approaches, and the
hotness is revealed in more than a district, capturing the
attention of both the official and popular references,
under the title of state-run and opposition
(Pro-government).
Press
News:
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An-nahar
believed that though most of the leading figures, on the
top of them is President Hoss, confess that the economical
situation is too hard, but what sovereigns now is
investing such crisis in the electoral battles, due to the
candidates' lack of programs and serious political ideas.
It continued saying that all expect from the legislative
elections and the coming government to open significant
hole for breathing so as to reduce the prevailing
pressure, particularly the economical one.
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As-safir
reported about the elections in Metn, saying that the
opponents consider the nomination of Emile Junior Lahhoud
embodies the intention of President of the Republic Emile
Lahhoud with Minister Michel Murr to let MP Nassib Lahhoud
fail. It continues that there is a trend to cooperate
either with Minister Murr from one side or with Albert
Mkhaiber on another side, this saying is justified as
aiming to shoot many 'birds in one stone'. Such
cooperation, if occurred, means overwhelming the competing
list, and leading the relationship between Mkhaiber and
Nassib Lahhoud reach a divorce stage.
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The
Future newspaper, together with other newspapers, such as
'Al-kifah al-arabi' and ad-diyar, were concerned of the
Presidential event in Syria, its follow-up and focus on
the Renewing Age, and the overcoming manner of the
expected earthquake which would happen upon the departure
of President Asad.
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The
Future newspaper considered that the significant issue in
the report of the Central Investigation relating to the
electricity crisis, refers to the fact that it is the
first time it accuses an administration in the present
government of carelessness, and not the former
governments, as it was usually done since this government
was installed. The Newspaper presented a report concerning
the publicity companies, which entered the market of
elections for the first time, as the Chief of Syndicate of
Publicity, said that Lebanon traversed a primary pace in
this domain. He admitted that the candidate applying in
the market of publicity owes a financial cost to follow-up
his campaign, starting from a minimum of one hundred
thousand dollars reaching a million dollars, and that the
market of elections prints 3 million pictures of the
candidates.
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'Nidaa
el-watan' mentioned that during an electoral festival in
Bab el-Tabbaneh/Tripoli, armed people shot fire, and ran
away from the rear gate, noticed by the security forces
there, and were asked to surrender themselves peacefully,
through their candidates, in order to send them to trial.
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