Nasrallah Reveals Electoral Tactics, Names of Candidates

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday revealed his party’s tactics for the upcoming parliamentary elections and the names of Hizbullah’s candidates, the majority of whom are current MPs.

“In some districts, we will be on the same lists with allies and friends, and in other districts we might be on two lists under an agreement based on electoral interest,” Nasrallah said in a televised address dedicated to the issue of elections.

Noting that we are no longer hearing accusations that Hizbullah and its allies want to postpone the elections, Nasrallah said he can confirm that “the country is heading to elections on the scheduled date in May.”

“Over the past four years, not everything that we talked about was fulfilled, but there were seriousness and achievements,” Hizbullah’s leader added.

He announced the names of Hizbullah’s candidates as follows:

- Baabda district: Ali Ammar

- Jbeil district: Raed Berro

- Zahle district: Rami Abu Hamdan

- Baalbek-Hermel district: Hussein al-Hajj Hassan, Ibrahim al-Moussawi, Ihab Hamadeh and Ali al-Muqdad

- Tyre district: Hassan Ezzeddine and Hussein Jishi

- Beirut’s second district: Amin Cherri

- Nabatiyeh district: Mohammed Raad

- Bint Jbeil district: Hassan Fadlallah

- Marjeyoun district: Ali Fayyad