Hariri Dissolves Election Commission, Coordinates over ‘Election Results’
Prime Minister and al-Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri decided to “dissolve the electoral campaign commission and Mustaqbal’s coordinators of Beirut, Bekaa, Koura and Zgharta,” over the latest “parliamentary election results.”
The Mustaqbal chief decided to dissolve the coordinates of Beirut, West Bekaa, Central Bekaa, Koura and Zgharta, and to disband the commission that was tasked with organizing the Movement's electoral campaign for the country’s parliamentary elections held last Sunday.
Mustaqbal official Moustafa Allouch said, in a televised phone call to al-Jadeed, that Hariri’s decision is “linked to the latest parliamentary results,” emphasizing that such decisions are carefully studied.
“Mustaqbal Movement consistently reviews its speeches and choices on the basis of the reality,” said Allouch, assuring that “decisions taken by the base are thoroughly studied and assessed.”
On Monday, Hariri admitted that his Mustaqbal Movement had lost a third of its seats in parliament following the country's first general election in nine years, while noting that it faced “a scheme to eliminate it from political life.”
The elections credited Mustaqbal with 21 of parliament's 128 seats, a drop from the 33 it controlled in the outgoing legislature.
Source: Naharnet
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