by GC

As the much-awaited Election Day approaches in Lebanon, empty propaganda has reached unprecedented levels, in an attempt to deviate the attention from the total failure of the Orange party to impose or achieve anything within the March 8 Coalition.

There have been sacrifices from all parties within the March 14 Coalition for Lebanon, and no one should deny that: today, the Traditional Christian Parties are strongly back to Southern Mount Lebanon, with a solid representation for the National Liberal Party, the Lebanese Kataeb and the Lebanese Forces in the districts of Aley, Shouf and Baabda. It should be mentioned that in Shouf, the Future Movement sacrificed one of its longtime loyal supporters, Ghattas Khoury, to the advantage of the March 14 Christian Parties. Moreover, the likes of Antoine Andraous and Abdallah Farhat, members of the Democratic Gathering Parliamentary bloc, were also replaced; the foothold of the Christian Partisan representation is becoming increasingly strong in Southern Mount Lebanon.

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