Hariri Dissolves Election Commission, Coordinates over ‘Election Results’

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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.

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Thumb galaxy 12 May 2018, 14:15

The elections credited Mustaqbal with 21 of parliament's 128 seats, a drop from the 33 it controlled in the outgoing legislature.

Yes, by blaming and dissolving the election commission and its coordinators within the party you are seen to have done something.

The party needs a new leadership, any leadership, anybody but you or the Hariri family. You have failed and failed miserably. Move aside .... and let someone competent with leadership qualities lead the Sunnis of Lebanon.

Thumb liberty 13 May 2018, 08:34

This incompetent loser should call it quits.

Missing rami 13 May 2018, 13:40

Is this the beginning of the end for Malek El Selfie?