North Prepares for Lebanon's Last Round of Municipal Elections
Preparations for Lebanon’s final round of municipal elections, set to take place Sunday, have started to take shape, as various influential political parties started forming joint lists, mainly in Tripoli, Batroun, Akkar and al-Koura, An Nahar daily reported on Tuesday.
In Tripoli, a major alliance between al-Mustaqbal Movement, ex-PM Najib Miqati, and the major local powers in the city face several electoral lists, namely those backed by resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi.
The fiercest battles are expected to take place in the towns of Tannourine in the district of Batroun and in al-Qoubaiyat in Akkar, said An Nahar.
The confrontation there is taking an unprecedented intensity. Minister Butros Harb and Lebanese Forces, who formed an alliance in the previous parliamentary elections, will on Sunday wage the municipal elections facing an alliance between the Free Patriotic Movement and his former ally, the LF.
In al-Qoubaiyat, the daily said that a new “rare” alliance between Mustaqbal MP Hadi Hbesih, ex-MP Michel al-Daher, Kataeb party, the LF and the FPM has been formed.
In the district of Bcharre, the LF has declared its electoral lists, out of which three have won uncontested.
On Monday, LF MP Sethrida Geagea announced the uncontested win of a list in Hadath al-Jebbeh, bringing the total of the LF lists that won by acclamation to six out of twelve in the North.
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Source: Naharnet
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