Nehme Mahfoud's List Wins Teachers Syndicate Elections

The list headed by Nehme Mahfoud, the incumbent head of the syndicate of private schools teachers in Lebanon, on Sunday achieved a sweeping victory in the syndicate's elections, receiving 4,000 more votes than the rival list.

In remarks he voiced after polls closed, Mahfoud saluted Lebanon's teachers “who were loyal, despite the various political affiliations.”

He noted that “a large number of Free Patriotic Movement members” voted for his list “because they cast their ballots according to a syndical rather than a political approach.”

The rival list comprised candidates belonging to the FPM and the Syrian Social National Party.

Mahfoud is considered one of the most prominent leaders of the Syndicate Coordination Committee, a coalition of private and public school teachers and public sector employees, which has been struggling to rectify wages in Lebanon.