Qatisha: LF, FPM to Appeal Results of Qoubaiyat Municipal Vote
The Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement will appeal the results of the municipal polls in the Akkar town of Qoubaiyat, where the two allies lost a close race to a coalition formed by al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Hadi Hbeish and ex-MP Mikhail al-Daher, an LF official said Monday.
“We will appeal the results of Qoubaiyat's vote due to the illegal and shameful practices that MP Hbeish and his brother Ziad did at some polling stations, which would offset the results achieved by the two lists,” LF official Wehbe Qatisha told the al-Markazia news agency.
“Ties will be strained between us and MP Hbeish because of his electoral behavior,” he added.
“Political parties proved their heavy presence in all governorates during the municipal elections and they confronted the feudal leaders who were trying to eliminate them,” Qatisha went on to say.
Earlier in the day, Hbeish had for his part accused the LF-FPM alliance of attempting to “usurp Qoubaiyat's free decision and to defy the will of its people.”
LF chief Geagea had urged Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq to intervene overnight Sunday, claiming that irregularities were taking place at Qoubaiyat's al-Gharbiyeh polling station during the counting of votes.
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