Comments on: LEBANON VOTES — Election Day 2009

By: ‘Sunday in the Park’: On the Lebanese Elections « the long slumber

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:19:34 +0000

[...] Teh Lebanese election LADE had observed 63 serious breaches in the run up to the elections only. In each constituency that we visited, ballot papers were preprinted and handed out to voters which were with ‘Zai ma Hye’ slogan encouraged to deposit them without wasting any further thoughts, like my friend Sean over at the human province has argued. We came across uniformed police that shouted, yet jokingly, for the winning of one party, and visited a election buero that was de facto run by the supporters of another. Buying votes was a widespread practice and more to the quotidian practices of a lebanese election at Qifa Nabki. [...]

By: adams

adams — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:44:58 +0000

ma feeh fare2 eza mo3arada wala mowalate el mohem enno el wade3 yet7assan wa lebnan yeb2a mwa7ad

By: hala

hala — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:58:26 +0000

how could m14 lose…with all the money that poured into lebanon??…they could have rebuild the country from scratch…developed the best infrastructure..new schools new hospitals new libraries, specialy up north where poverty is so blasphemous…..

By: Let the gloating begin « the human province

Let the gloating begin « the human province — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:21:46 +0000

[...] in Arabic, of the results here. For a list in English from last night, check out Qifa Nabki here. (The government election site is still showing nothing.) Yesterday, I predicted that Ashrafieh [...]

By: Qifa Nabki

Qifa Nabki — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:23:19 +0000

No more updates, ya shabab… at least not tonight. Bokra, bright and early, we’ll start up again.

By: Harvardian

Harvardian — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:19:43 +0000

3ateek el 3afay wa shukran, QN.

It’s late: 12:30 am.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:03:25 +0000

Sami Jemayyel, Sarkis Sarkis, Majed Abi lama’, Emile Kenaan, Elie Karame all M14 candidates in Maten are confirmed winners by FPM Aoun’s media, Tayyar.org.

Only Agop Baqradonian from M8 won in this district according to same source.

With Zahle and Maten results in favor of M14, the outcome is very much decided by now.

By: mike

mike — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:38:22 +0000

as of 12:37 June 8

37
نائب ل 14 اذار
15 نائب ل 8 اذار
7 نواب مستقلين

By: V

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:34:52 +0000

if what LBC and Siniora is saying becomes confirmed and true soon and if M8 doesnt sabotage the whole process now……we can safely say…………………………………..Mabrook for M14 “victory dance”

By: sayke

sayke — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:32:29 +0000

seriously. while i didn’t expect that aoun’s message would resonate as well as some seemed to think it would, i had no idea that this level of a mandate was in the offing. not that i’m complaining, really, but now let’s see whether m14 can be magnanimous in victory…

and whether m8 will be gracious in defeat…