[An Nahar] President Michel Suleiman...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too...
hoped on Sunday that the Koura by-election would serve as an opportunity to assert Leb's democracy.
He said in a statement: "Democracy begins with the freedom of expression."
| Which is another way of saying that it begins with freedom of thought. If you can think what you please, and say what you think, you have the beginnings of freedom. If you can't, you don't... |
The election is underway at Koura to fill the Greek Orthodox seat in parliament left vacant by the death of MP Farid Habib.
Six candidates are running in the election, with a heated battle expected between Lebanese Forces
A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
candidate Fadi Karam and Syrian Social National Party candidate Walid al-Azar.