Constitutional Council dismisses four more electoral appeals

The Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected four more appeals against some results of the May 15 parliamentary elections.

At a press conference, Council chief Judge Tannous Meshleb announced that the four appeals that were dismissed are the following:

- Zeina Monzer vs. MP Faysal al-Sayegh (Druze, Beirut II) and MP Waddah al-Sadek (Sunni, Beirut II)

- Elie Charbachi vs. MP Cynthia Zarazir (Minorities, Beirut I)

- Josephine Zgheib vs. MP Farid Haykal al-Khazen (Maronite, Keserwan)

- Amal Abu Zeid vs. MP Saeed al-Asmar (Maronite, Jezzine)

Hoping to issue rulings on the remaining six appeals “within two weeks,” Meshleb lamented that “power cuts” are the “biggest problem” that the Council is facing.

“We will continue our work within the available capabilities,” he pledged.

The Council had on October 20 dismissed five appeals filed against the electoral wins of the MPs Elias Khoury, Bilal al-Hosheimi, Saeed al-Asmar, Jamil Abboud and Firas Hamdan.