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HOT NEWS for 6/7/2000 (Go to News Archive to browse previous news)

• Two main documents were of concern to the official political and popular medias, are: evidencing operation of the withdrawal, with its atmosphere of ebb and tide, and the interior disputes regarding the unification of ministries and councils, together with their results revealed on the elections. The latter case changed into plans included in the electoral campaigns, amidst of hot battle between the disputing parties

• The case of checking the Israeli withdrawal from the South, and treating the penetrations, was reflected by an Israeli point of view, after more than a week's silence, by declaring that it implemented Resolution 425 from its side, and what remains is the part concerning Lebanon to implement by the securing deployment till the border. Consequently the file of evidencing entered now in a new mysterious tunnel, waiting for the newly presence of General Secretary's Special Envoy Terje-Roed Larsen in the Region, to reopen the case.

• It seems that the UN attitude changed towards the withdrawal line, by considering the Israeli point of view, according to what appeared in the Security Council's discussions regarding the blue line, as different sources said. The living files attracted the attention especially regarding the matter of Power Failure, and the governmental silence in this concern, as all areas live darkness, accusing the government of nonfeasance.

• Regarding the interior quarrels which increased the electoral hotness during the past two days, medias expect it to be severer in the coming meeting of the Opposition who will assault a heavy campaign against the government, especially by President Hariri, so as to invest it electorally in the capital, Beirut, especially after having cancelled the Council of Executing Big Projects to Beirut.

Press News:

• An-nahar presented the report of the Maronite Clergymen Council that assailed a big attack on the State, the government, and the general situation. The Newspaper, which witnessed the meeting of the mentioned Council today, stopped at a hot confrontation between the government and the Opposition that will invest the discussions for electoral purposes.

• The Future newspaper mentioned, Southwise, that this time and spontaneously, no renewal will take place for UNIFIL in the South upon its termination period, at the end of this July. It viewed that there exists a European-American-Israeli compromise, supported by international forces, to close the security-military file in the South. Future newspaper followed-up the electoral attack in the North assailed by MP Ahmad Karami against the government, saying that his strong relationship with Franjieh, his alliance with Hariri, and that all matters are possible. The Newspaper had a report on the 'Crossing out' lists in the North where faults prohibit the voters from obtaining the electoral card. It pursued the electoral motion in Beirut to which the electricity Power is a fundamental issue. It watched the variety in the electoral portrait in the North-Akkar First District, indicating to as a 'center of weight'.

• As-safir quoted from some MP's of their trend to resign if the project of unifying the ministries and councils passed through the Parliamentary Councils. However, they considered that the passing of such project in the Councils does not mean that it will have normal reaction in the general assembly of the House.

• Ad-diyar drew the attention to the concurrence of the severe report declared by Maronite Clergymen Council against the government and the general situation, with the campaign against the government assailed by the Opposition, President Hariri, and the General Workers Confederation.

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