Jumblat, Arslan-Backed List Wins Municipal Seats in Baaqlin

A list backed by Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat has won seats in the municipal council in the Baaqlin region in Mount Lebanon.

MP Marwan Hamadeh said that the victory of the “Baaqlin Decision” list demonstrates the locals' “firm path in the town.”

The elections emphasize the “democratic competition and the need to preserve the unity of the national course in Mount Lebanon under the sponsorship of Jumblat.”

The list, headed by Abdullah al-Ghosseini, is backed by Hamadeh and the Lebanese Democratic Party of MP Talal Arslan.

“I hope that the new council will see its unity as a source of strength and be able to achieve accomplishments in all developmental, social, environmental, and cultural fields,” added Hamadeh.

Mount Lebanon witnessed on Sunday the second round of municipal elections that had kicked off in Beirut and the Bekaa region on May 8.

The next round of the elections will be held in the South and Nabatiyeh on May 22 and the final round will be held in the North and Akkar on May 29.

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