Geagea says LF to call for withdrawing confidence from Bou Habib over expat voting

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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday announced that the LF will call on parliament to withdraw confidence from Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib over accusations related to the distribution of polling stations abroad.

“We will call for withdrawing confidence from the foreign minister based on what he is doing in the expat voting file,” Geagea said.

“The premier must ask the foreign minister to distribute expats on the polling stations that are geographically closer to them and to hand over the electoral rolls,” the LF leader added.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran “Bassil and his team at the Foreign Ministry are practically responsible for the distribution of expats and the foreign minister is taking the role of the apologetic in an academic way,” Geagea went on to say.

Moreover, he decried that “a crime is taking place against expats abroad,” adding that “instead of facilitating their voting process, the Foreign Ministry is making things harder for them.”

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Comments 2
Thumb SheikYerbouti 20 April 2022, 16:52

Bassil has to screw around with the expat's votes to secure he is elected in Batroun.

Thumb 10452km2 20 April 2022, 20:29

Geagea's right to worry about the votes of the expats. After failing in his Constitutional Council's appeal to limit the diaspora's votes to six seats in the parliament, Jebran Bassil is now attempting to block them from voting altogether by creating obstacles.