Month: April 2017

The Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (LADE) issues after every election, whether municipal or parliamentary, a detailed report listing dozens of briberies caught red-handed.   However, the judicial authorities have never invalidated the win of not one candidate, whose campaign had been proven to have […]

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday hailed President Michel Aoun’s use of his constitutional powers to force the postponement of a legislative session that could have passed a third and highly controversial extension of parliament’s term. The patriarch warned, in his Easter sermon, that the […]

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has asked his ally Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea to give a “chance” to his latest electoral law proposal that is based on a hybrid system, a media report said. “Bassil has expressed concerns over the possible binning of […]

Senior Hizbullah official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq announced Sunday that there is a “real chance” to agree on a new electoral law, while stressing that there is no dispute between Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement over the issue. “The president’s stance provided a real, serious […]

NNA – MP Alain Aoun left Beirut, on Sunday, heading to Washington, where he will be partaking in the works of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Conference. Aoun will also be meeting with a number of American officials during his presence in the […]

NNA – Agriculture Minister Ghazi Zeaiter visited, on Sunday, Baalbek – Deir al-Ahmar Maronite Archbishop Hanna Rahme, congratulating him on the Easter occasion. The visit was a chance to dwell on the latest hour issues, namely the parliamentary elections. In this context, Zeaiter stressed on […]

NNA – Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Bshara Boutros al-Rai, received a series of congratulatory calls on Sunday marking the Easter occasion, most prominently from House Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, former PM Tammam Salam, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Gebran Bassil and Social Affairs Minister […]

NNA – Metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church for the Archdiocese of Beirut, Elias Audi, held Easter Mass at Saint George Cathedral on Sunday, and called for fair and equal opportunity in all of the State’s institutions for the members of his community, who […]