Jamaa Islamiya Official Resigns in Wake of Tripoli Poll Results

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Political official of the al-Jamaa al-Islamiya in the North and Tripoli Ihab Nafeaa submitted his resignation on Tuesday in protest to the outcome of the municipal elections in the northern city, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

“Agreements and alliances were formed in the municipal elections in Tripoli which did not live up to the expectations of many in the city,” said Nafeaa in a statement announcing his resignation.

“A leader can foresee from his position better than a normal person would, and he might be mistaken in his effort and has therefore to bear the responsibility of his decisions,” he added.

He pointed to the outcome of the municipal elections in Tripoli, and said: “The results of the polls have shown that our choice was not a proper one. Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya did not live up to the expectations of the people of Tripoli. I therefore shoulder the responsibility in front of my family and supporters of the Jamaa and I submitted my resignation.”

Nafeaa's resignation came a day after Tripoli MP Robert Fadel submitted his resignation from parliament, protesting the surprising results of Sunday's elections in the northern city in which no Christian candidates managed to win seats on the municipal council.

A list backed by resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi achieved a stunning victory Sunday against a list backed by Hariri, ex-PM Najib Miqati, former ministers Faisal Karami and Mohammed al-Safadi, Jamaa Islamiya, al-Ahbash and the Arab Democratic Party.

The Rifi-backed list clinched 18 seats on the municipal council as the broad coalition's list won only six.

Christian and Alawite candidates representing the city's two minorities failed to win any seats, which is a first in the history of Tripoli's municipal elections.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 8
Thumb Mystic 31 May 2016, 17:05

"Christian and Alawite candidates representing the city's two minorities failed to win any seats, which is a first in the history of Tripoli's municipal elections."

Tripoli is such a free city right?

Thumb Mystic 31 May 2016, 17:06

New salafi blood might.

Missing peace 31 May 2016, 18:26

funny you say that because jamaa islamiya was on a list backed by M8...LOL

Missing peace 31 May 2016, 18:27

sad because your beloved karami safadi mikati lost? LOL

Thumb Mystic 31 May 2016, 22:20

It just sums it up that majority of people in Tripoli belongs to the Saudi Wahabism.

Missing peace 31 May 2016, 23:51

"less than 27% voted in Tripoli."
well if tripolitans were so happy with M8 and the mikati karame safadi families wouldn't they went to vote? LOL what did any of those rich ever did for tripoli? nothing and that includes the hariris...
if they were so happy with M8 they would have gone and vote for the M8 M14 list... but M8ers prefer to brandish the salafi card, scare people once more and hide they head in the ground instead of acknowledging that no politicians ever did a single thing for tripoli and let it rot till now...

and also that while scaring people like you do with salafis forget to tell that other fanatic islamists factions were allied with the list backed by M8... LOL

Missing peace 31 May 2016, 23:54

and so you prefer of course the fantics from ahbash and jamaa islamiya...not offended here that they were on the same list as M8ers... oh! for hezbi lovers they must be ok right? LOL

Missing peace 31 May 2016, 23:58

no, it sums up that you love islamist fanatics as long as they are ok by HA standards....weren't ahbash and jamaa islamiya backed by your beloved M8? LOL
funny how some islamist fanatics are ok and others aren't... coming from a HA fanatic no wonder here, you are just the other side of the same coin...