Campaigning kicked off yesterday for parliamentary elections in Lebanon as former civil war foes formed unlikely political alliances. The influential head of the Maronite Church, meanwhile, reiterated calls for efforts to ensure the polls are representative of Lebanon's different sects. In a move seen by the press as a step toward the first genuine attempt at national reconciliation since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war, Druze chief Walid Jumblatt and Sunni leader Saad Hariri joined forces with former foes. Jumblatt and Sitrida Geagea, wife of the jailed leader of the disbanded Lebanese Forces Christian militia, Samir Geagea, have formed an alliance and announced a joint electoral list, pledging to "turn the page on the past".The Lebanese Forces and militants from Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party fought ferocious battles for supremacy in the Shouf mountains, east of Beirut, during the war. Hariri, son of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, picked Solange Gemayel, widow of slain former president and Christian warlord Bashir Gemayel, as the sole Maronite candidate on his electoral list for Beirut's three districts.