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Elections in Lebanon. A race last 'vote' between the opposition led by Hezbollah and supported by Iran and Syria and the current pro-Western parliamentary majority

Today in Lebanon vote to renew the parliament, the unicameral and elected every 4 years. Parliamentary elections that could mark the end of tensions and violence erupted in 2005 and have invested dragging the country to date. To compare pro-Western coalition there are identifiable as 'March 14 Forces' and one led by Hezbollah and supported by Iran and Syria identifiable as the 'forces of the "March 8'. The first, which won the 2005 elections, is nothing but an alliance of Sunni, Druze led by Walid Jumblatt and the Maronite Phalanx Amin moans ay s, around the figure of a united Saad Hariri, son and political heir of the late Rafiq Hariri and his movement 'al-Mustaqbal', The Future, which brings together Sunnis. Its name is an evocation of the date on which, after the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri occurred in February of that year, mass demonstrations in Beirut portative the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Iraq after 29 years' protection 'political-military.

Lebanese soldiers patrol the streets while you vote

Instead the coalition known as the 'Strength March 8', is now the opposition led by Hezbollah, in turn, recalls the date of another demonstration in Beirut, also in 2005. It is nothing but a coalition of Hezbollah Has an Nasr Allah, Amal's parliament speaker Nabih Berri, the Free Patriotic current of the Christian Michel Aoun and Marada with Christians led by Suleiman Among njieh. The winner of this election it will be elect a new premier and form a new government, chosen in the past but this has often led to instability and violence in the country. Any pro-Syrian opposition victory threatens to plunge Lebanon into a state of international isolation. It is therefore chhiaro the results of voting shall not affect only the internal political situation in Lebanon, but also have significant weight in defining the dynamics regionali.Con today's vote, the various Lebanese confessional entities aiming to divide the powers in a Lebanon where the president is Maronite, the prime minister is Sunni and the chairman of that Parliament is a Shiite.

Election 2009 oversee international observers in Lebanon

What he sees divided parliament, by law, its 128 seats in proportion between the different denominations. For the Christian community, the Maronites are 34, 14 of the greek-orthodox, 8 of Catholics, six Armenians and two other minorities. Of seats in the Muslim community, 27 are Shiites and many Sunnis, Druze and 8 of the Alawite 2. Then vote for the complicated electoral law in Lebanon divides the country into 26 districts. Date back to 2005, the last legislative elections in the country. On that occasion, the current parliamentary majority managed to win 72 seats in parliament while the opposition consists of the 'forces of 8 March he won 35 and the blocking of Christian General Michel Aoun instead it got 21. Since then, four political leaders of the 'March 14 Forces' were in fact murdered by reducing to 68 seats controlled by the pro-Western coalition. In February 2006, then, before the conflict erupted between the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah and Israel, 'March 8 Forces' and the Aoun bloc of allies have actually constituted a mixed group of 56 strong opposition seats. The difference will be the vote of Christians. The real fight is in fact, among the candidates loyal to Michel Aoun, an ally of Hezbollah, and those loyal to his rival Samir Geagea and Amin Gemayel, members of the coalition majority in parliament currently ation. On the regularity of the voting oversee about 200 international observers. Particularly those of the EU observer mission led by Jose Ignacio Salafranca and 'Jimmy Carter Center' founded the former American president.

Jimmy Carter's chief international observers in Lebanon

On the eve of the vote the same Carter said he had no concerns on the conduct of the elections, fear of acceptance or otherwise of the results by certain political elements in the country. To ensure safety throughout the country, were deployed armored vehicles and about 50 thousand soldiers and policemen patrolling the streets and stopping in front of 1,753 seats, opened in 26 districts to allow about 3.2 million Lebanese to vote. It is experiencing a massive turnout. Should substantially exceed 50 percent. The results of the vote should be announced tomorrow.

Ferdinando Pelliccia

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