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

Today in Lebanon Voting for the renewal of 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. A comparison will be identifiable as pro-Western coalition 'forces of March 14' and the one led by Hezbollah and backed by Iran and Syria identifiable as the 'Forces of 8 March'. The first, which won the 2005 elections, is nothing but an alliance of Sunni, Druze led by Walid Jumblat and Maronites in the phalanges of Amin moans ay l, a united around the figure of Saad Hariri's son and political heir of the late Rafiq Hariri and his movement 'al-Mustaqbal', The Future, which brings together the 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, the mass demonstrations in Beirut portative the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country after 29 years' protection 'political-military.

Lebanese soldiers patrol the streets while you vote

Instead, the coalition known as the 'Strength of 8 March', today the opposition is led by Hezbollah, in turn, recalls the date of another event in Beirut, also in 2005. It is nothing but a coalition made up of Hezbollah Has an Nasr Allah Amal President of the Parliament Nabih Berri, the Free Patriotic aware 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 that the results of the vote will not impact only on the internal situation in Lebanon's politics, but will also have a significant role in defining the dynamics regionali.Con today's vote, the various denominational entities aim to divide the Lebanese authorities in an Lebanon, where the president is Maronite, the prime minister is Sunni and the chairman of that Parliament is a Shiite.

elections in Lebanon 2009 international observers oversee

What he sees divided parliament, by law, its 128 seats in proportion between the different denominations. For the Christian community, 34 are the Maronites, 14 of the greek-orthodox, 8 of the Catholics, Armenians and 2 of 6 other minorities. Of seats in the Muslim community, 27 are of equal number of Shiite and Sunni, Druze and 8 of the Alawite 2. For the vote then the complicated electoral law in Lebanon divides the country into 26 districts. Date back to 2005, the last general elections in the country. On that occasion, the current parliamentary majority managed to gain 72 seats in parliament while the opposition consists of the 'forces on 8 March he won 35 and the blocking of Christian General Michel Aoun instead he got 21. Since then 4 of politicians '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, the 'March 8 Forces' and the Aoun bloc allies were in fact constitute a mixed group of strong opposition 56 seats. What makes 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 now in catkins. The regularity of the voting oversee about 200 international observers. Particularly those of the EU observer mission led by Jose Ignacio Salafranca and the 'Jimmy Carter Center' founded the former American president.

Jimmy Carter chief international observers in Lebanon

On the eve of the vote the same Carter has said that it had concerns on the conduct of elections, but to fear the acceptance or otherwise of the results by some 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 stop in front of 1753 seats, opened in 26 districts to allow about 3.2 million Lebanese to vote. You are recording a massive turnout. Should substantially exceed 50 percent. The results of the vote should be announced tomorrow.

Ferdinando Pelliccia

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