Hizbullah supporters burn 'revolution fist' in DT Beirut
After roaming cities chanting "Shiites, Shiites," a group of youths on scooters descended on Martyrs Square overnight and burned down the "revolution fist".
It was interpreted by independents as a gesture of spite by Hizbullah, after the election of Elias Jradeh and Firas Hamdan in the South III district for seats that Hizbullah and its allies had not lost in three decades.
The ministry of interior had announced the final results on Monday night. The first breakthrough had already been confirmed by early results but the second was a surprise to both parties.
The two Oct. 17 candidates and new MPs defeated Asaad Hardan of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party and chairman of al-Mawared bank Marwan Kheireddine.
The "revolution fist" had become a visual symbol of the secular protests that swept Lebanon in October 2019 and had raised hopes of democratic change.
The movement lost momentum as Lebanon's ruling cartel of sectarian political barons bided their time and one of the sharpest economic downturns of our time muffled popular discontent.
The parliamentary elections were a first major test for those in the protest camp who chose to enter the political fray.
17 candidates who backed the 2019 protests won seats. At least twelve of them will sit in parliament for the first time.
Another major satisfaction for those described in Lebanon as the "thawra" (revolution, in Arabic) candidates, was the defeat of several reviled MPs loyal to the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad.
Hizbullah and Amal retained all 27 parliament seats reserved for Shiite lawmakers but other allies lost ground.
17 May 2022, 13:52
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Hopefully, the security forces that did a marvelous job during the election process will descend on these tugs and arrest them for sure!
17 May 2022, 13:58
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Is there a chance that Hiding Hassan will shift his immense weigh and start cooperating with other ministers to pursue everyone's collective best interests, instead of only Hezbollah's and Iran's self-interests in Lebanon?
17 May 2022, 17:28
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I remember once when my brother in law met a lebanese shia woman when visiting a friends house and she greeted him by saying something along the lines of "al shee3a 3ala rasak". She wasen't even religious or God-fearing. Just a secterian divider just like how right wing maronites tend to be non-religious but filled with hate and division in the name of their sect. Disgusting.
17 May 2022, 19:37
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ثورة "revolution" Naharnet, with this insulting "27 parliament seats reserved for Shiite lawmakers", is anxious about revolution coming to Lebanon, when the majority demands majority rule.
17 May 2022, 23:43
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Until such time as the Chamber enacts new electoral laws on a non-confessional basis, the distribution of seats shall be according to the following principles:
Equal representation between Christians and Muslims.
17 May 2022, 19:46
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The elections and people choices confirmed without any doubt that Lebanon and Hizbollahstan are two different countries with nothing in common. Hizbollahstan has raped Lebanon in broad daylights and destroyed our economy as in every Iranian satellite state invaded by Suleimani's kiss of death. Hopefully for a peaceful division as in Czechoslovakia, but even Yugoslavia division is a batter option, redefining the meaning of resistance and liberation to save a nation. Lebanese Basij are our enemies but we have first to take care of the Useful Idiots among us that sold our freedom, independence, dignity, and civility to the criminal Iranian and Assad regimes.
