Lebanese voters are choosing their lawmakers on Sunday in the first elections since 2009. Polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. (Beirut time) across Lebanon’s 15 districts which were divided according to a proportional law for the first time in the country’s history. 597 candidates are running on 77 closed lists, ...
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that the new vote law would ensure the representation of both the majorities and the minorities in the country, hours before nationwide parliamentary polls on Sunday. Speaking in an interview to BBC’s Arabic TV Channel this evening, Aoun expressed his satisfaction with the ...
